St Piran is the Patron Saint of Cornwall (and tin miners) and March 5th is St Piran's Day.
As a Cornishman I thought I would make the day and my first list for a while with a list of 20 other Patron Saints (and what they're patrons of):
- St Adjutor - Swimmers
- St Agatha - Nurses, volcanoes and bell makers
- St Albinus of Angers -against pirate attack
- At Anthony - Pig herders and gravediggers
- St Apollonia - Dentists and toothache
- St Bartholomew - Plasterers
- St Blaise - Veterinarians, wool combers, town criers and weavers
- St Dismas - Undertakers, thieves
- St Fiacre - Cab drivers and haemorrhoids (it's all that sitting down!)
- St George Scouts and England
- St Hippolytus - Prison Officers
- St Isidore of Seville - computer scientists, computer programmers, computer technicians, computer users, schoolchildren, students
- St Joseph of Cupertino - Air travelers, aviators, astronauts, test takers
- St Jude - Lost causes
- St Martin of Porres - Hairdressers
- St Michael - Police officers
- St Natalia of Nicomedia - plague, epilepsy
- St Saint Pio of Pietrelcina - Stress relief and New year blues
- St Symphorian - syphilis, eye troubles
- St Vitus - Comedians and dancers
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