{"id":1204,"date":"2003-05-19T17:34:01","date_gmt":"2003-05-20T07:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/19\/patron-saint-of\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T09:06:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T17:06:38","slug":"patron-saint-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/19\/patron-saint-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Patron Saint of&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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15:56:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s a good chance that dad knows that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/saintf08.htm\" title=\"Saint Francis Xavier\">Francis Xavier<\/a> is the patron saint of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/pst01362.htm\" title=\"Indianapolis, Indiana\">archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indiana<\/a>. He might even know that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/saintt02.htm\" title=\"Saint Therese of Lisieux\">Therese of Lisieux<\/a> is the patron saint of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/pst01344.htm\" title=\"Fairbanks, Alaska\">diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;d bet that even Dad would be hard pressed to come up with the patron saint of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/pst00329.htm\" title=\"goitres\">goitres<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/saintb04.htm\" title=\"Blaise\">Blaise<\/a>), the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/pst00519.htm\" title=\"fear of night\">fear of night<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/saintg15.htm\" title=\"Giles\">Giles<\/a>), or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/pst00867.htm\" title=\"sheep\">sheep<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/saintd17.htm\" title=\"Drogo\">Drogo<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>And if that&#8217;s not enough, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-forum.com\/saints\/patron00.htm\" title=\"Patron Saints Index\">Patron Saints Index<\/a> has many, many, <em>many<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/mefi\/25858\" title=\"Who's the Patron Saint of pancakes?\">MeFi<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a good chance that dad knows that Francis Xavier is the patron saint of the archdiocese Indianapolis, Indiana. 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