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[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

In case you're wondering, he's the patron saint of:
children
coopers
travelers
sailors
fishermen
merchants
broadcasters
the falsely accused
repentant thieves
brewers
pharmacists
archers
pawnbrokers
unmarried people
prostitutes
the Royal School of Church Music
students in various cities and countries around Europe
the Hellenic Navy
the Russian Navy

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This man got more titles than a LinkedIn Influencer

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

broadcasters

How? He died long before any broadcast technology was even thought possible. You can just plop a saint's name on something they had no idea even existed?

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

A Broadcaster would be a town Crier.