Kalachakra is thus the Buddhist equivalent of the "patron-saint" of these sciences. ❋ Unknown (1997)
It was the _festa_ of San Triphilio, patron-saint of the city of ❋ Lawrence Turnbull (N/A)
On November 15th British troops occupied Lydda, or Ludd, as it was afterwards called, which town, according to legend, contains the tomb of our patron-saint St. George. ❋ Antony Bluett (N/A)
The Doctor was universally known in all the neighborhood as a sort of friend and patron-saint of the negro race; he had devoted himself to their interests with a zeal unusual in those days. ❋ Various (N/A)
It is very easy to see how Jeremiah, the patron-saint of Judah, would be installed in such a relation with the Danites after his death. ❋ Joseph Wild (N/A)
They knew that within the Duomo, before the great altar where slept their patron-saint, ablaze now with lights and the marvel of the Pala d'Oro which was not for the sight of the eyes save on days of a _festa_ like this, the child of the Cornaro was waiting to be made the Daughter of Venice. ❋ Lawrence Turnbull (N/A)
It was built by Charles of Blois, on his return from his captivity in England, and dedicated by him to St. Léonard, the patron-saint of prisoners — a contemporary of Clovis, from whom he obtained permission to set free all the captives he should find in the prisons. ❋ Fanny Bury Palliser (N/A)
Of greater interest is a legend of St. James the Elder, the patron-saint of Spain, a pilgrimage to whose shrine at Santiago in Galicia was so popular during the Middle Ages. ❋ Thomas Frederick Crane (N/A)
Jeremiah was the patron-saint for Ireland for a long time. ❋ Joseph Wild (N/A)
This position, facing these who enter the church, is the usual one for St Christopher, for he was the patron-saint of travellers, and the size is in keeping with the tradition which speaks of the saint as standing twelve cubits high. ❋ Gordon Home (1923)
Virgin, and on the other side S. S.ithun, the benevolent bishop, patron-saint of the church: beyond them, over the two doors, were S.. ❋ Philip Walsingham Sergeant (1912)
But to-day was the feast of the patron-saint of the village; and there must have been dancing and drinking till nightfall. ❋ Georgette Leblanc (1905)
The Compostella pilgrimage was popular for many reasons, and no doubt began long before St. James had ousted St. Vincent from being patron-saint of Spain. ❋ Unknown (1901)
It was the Confrèrie de St. Michel who had charge of this, and of the burying arrangements of the city, and they bore upon their hats the image of their patron-saint as a badge of their sad calling. ❋ Theodore Andrea Cook (1897)
The patron-saint of helpfulness, and friendship, and good-nature. ❋ Henry Van Dyke (1892)
Jose (a rather tardy recognition to the patron-saint of the whole undertaking), was founded on the 11th June, 1797; San Juan Bautista thirteen days later; San Miguel Arcángel on the 25th July, and San ❋ William Henry Hudson (1890)
The grave wisdom, the admirable amenity, the serene grace of the secular patron-saint of all mortals converted to noble visions are not his. ❋ Joseph Conrad (1890)
The accompanying cut shows the damage inflicted on a picture of the Good S.epherd in the cubiculum of S. Januarius, in the Catacombs of Prætextatus, by an unscrupulous disciple who wished to be buried as near as possible to his patron-saint. ❋ Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1888)
Nepomuk, now considered as the patron-saint of the land. ❋ Various (1885)
A fleet of fishing-boats, their coloured sails decorated with stripes and geometric patterns, or even now and then with a representation of the owner's patron-saint, was putting out to sea in single file, between the Capo del Turco and the Capo del ❋ Henry Harland (1883)
