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[-] woodenghost@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago

Saint Anthony is the patron Saint of being so fed up with people not listening to you, you rather go talk to the fishes instead (that's literally his story).

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

shark is so over it lmao

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

My mom used to pray to Saint Jude, who's known as the saint of lost causes. Also in a kind of sad twist of fate, a major children's hospital is named after him.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

the hospital is a bit on the nose wow

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

Yeah kind of an odd name, pretty sure St. Jude's hospital is the best in the country? Not sure, I see commercials for them all the time.

[-] SockOlm@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Commercials for a hospital

what

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

It's for donations, I should have said that!

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

St Nick is the patron saint of buying red and green shit and hating your family

[-] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

And dropping money down random women's chimneys. And calling out street vendors for cannibalism.

[-] context@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

st. brigid was originally a pagan goddess and the church retconned an abbess so they could declare victory in having converted all the brigid worshippers

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

sometimes your like 90% done and you just need to get across the finish line, I relate

[-] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think St George is officially the patron saint of your team losing a game of football (soccer) then punching your wife.

[-] Moss@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

In Porto, there is a celebration of St John the Baptist where everyone goes around with rubber hammers and hits each other on the head all night long.

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

St. Sebastian.

He’s a patron saint of the persecuted, athletics and archery. He’s also popular among LGBT men since he’s usually depicted as a half-naked twunk…but there’s also the tragedy in him being violently persecuted for who he is to be very relatable.

[-] segfault11@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

st. jimmy is the patron saint of vandalizing a 7-eleven bathroom and fighting in the parking lot

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

patron saint of dudes rocking

[-] segfault11@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

the failson of rage and love 😡❤️

[-] SerLava@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

St Nick, the patron saint of buying red and green shit and having sex and throwing up

[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

St. Dismas is recognized as the patron saint of prisoners, thieves, funeral directors, and those seeking redemption. His Feast Day is observed on March 25.

Saint Dismas (also spelled Dimas, Dysmas, or Demas) is traditionally known as the "Good Thief" or "Penitent Thief" who was crucified alongside Jesus Christ on Golgotha. Jesus was crucified between two criminals (often called thieves or, in some interpretations, revolutionaries).

[-] JustinTheGM@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 months ago

San Dimas High School Football Rules!

[-] woodenghost@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

St. Christopher is the patron Saint of being (stuck in) traffic.

Countless catholic car drivers have his little picture on the mirror, but really he was just some giant dude who helped a kid across a stream in the 3rd century. As it happens, it later turned out that was baby Jesus.

[-] Blakey@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

baby Jesus

3rd century

Ummmm

[-] woodenghost@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Don't tell the Vatican. They'd be so embarrassed.

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

That is not a safe way to carry an infant

[-] ashenone@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

St Elmo is the patron Saint of setting shit on fire

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

patron saint of self indulgent coming of age dramadies

[-] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

St Barbara is the patron saint of artillery men because she's the saint for not blowning your ass up.

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

When I was a kid on the feast of St Blaise they’d bless your throat with candles to ward off sickness.

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

All of the patron saints for migraines were decapitated.

[-] microfiche@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

St Vincent Ferrer, the patron saint of plumbers/boilermakers.

[-] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

St Dwynwen, patron saint of love (Welsh) her day is a popular time to exchange love spoons.

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Saint Hallvard, patron of Oslo and innocence, died trying to help an enslaved pregnant woman -- a complete stranger to himself -- escape from three men who had accused her of stealing. Though both Hallvard and the woman were ultimately killed by the three men's arrows, Hallvard's body refused to sink in the fjord even with the heavy millstone put around his neck by his killers, and as a result the men who killed Hallvard and the woman were found out.

this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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