Did you know ...

• even though nothing definite can be said about the existence of Sebaldus, the patron saint of Nuremberg, his veneration continued even after the Protestant Revolution?
• the amorphous phosphate mineral santabarbaraite was named after the Italian mining district Santa Barbara where it was discovered in 2003, but its name also honors Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners?
• the cross in the coat of arms of Colchester represents the True Cross, as discovered by Saint Helena, the patron saint?
• until 1947 in Spain, Eurosia was the patron saint of demonic possession?
• Saint Terence was proclaimed the patron saint of Pesaro for appearing in times of crisis, lifting a siege of the Italian town by French troops?
• St. Patrick's Blue, rather than green, was long the colour most associated with the patron saint of Ireland, and is present on Ireland's Presidential Standard (pictured)?
• Saint Anthony's nut, popular with pigs as well as humans, is named for Anthony of Padua, patron saint of swineherds?
• Dominic de la Calzada is the patron saint of civil engineers because he built a causeway to aid pilgrims on the Way of St. James?
• Maturinus was the patron saint of jesters, comic actors, and clowns during the Middle Ages?
• Saint Gangulphus, who was murdered by his wife's lover in 760, is invoked as a patron against adultery and marital difficulties?
• Albinus of Angers, who as bishop reportedly used diocesan funds to ransom people captured by pirates, thereafter became the patron saint against pirate attack and of coastal communities as far away as Poland and New Jersey?