English-Swedish translations for patron saint

• skyddshelgon ett
  Birgitta är också ett svensk skyddshelgon.Birgitta is also a Swedish patron saint.
  Om vi skulle glömma det finns vårt gemensamma skyddshelgon São Jorge där för att påminna oss.If we forget, our mutual patron saint, São Jorge, is there to remind us.
  Detta är den dag som många länder inom Europeiska unionen har valt som helgdag för sitt skyddshelgon.This is the day chosen by many countries of the European Union as the feast day of their patron saint.

Definition of patron saint

• A saint conceived as the patron of a particular place, group, or activity
• An exemplar: an individual who exemplifies some trait or group

Examples

• St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland; St. Isidore is the patron saint of software engineers; and St. Anthony is the patron saint of travelers and finding lost things
• Janet is the patron saint of procrastination. Im thinking of erecting her a shrine of doughnut boxes in the breakroom

Related words

• patron
• patronize
• patronymic
• patronym
• patronymick
• patroness
• patronising
• patronizing
• patronage
• patronizer