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* In [[Life On Mars]], Sam Tyler (who may or not be a time traveler) wears a St. Christopher medal.

** And appropriately enough, Gene Hunt (the copper to end all coppers) wears a St. Michael medal.

* The [[~~Myth Busters~~]] consider [[MacGyver]] their patron saint.

* The [[MythBusters]] consider [[MacGyver]] their patron saint.

** Alton Brown regarded [[MacGyver]] as his patron saint first, in a 2001 episode of ''[[Good Eats]]'', "Where There's Smoke, There's Fish." (he constructed a fish smoker out of a cardboard box...go figure.)

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' has the villains celebrate the Night of St. Vigeous, the patron saint of vampires. Since vampires are basically [[Exclusively Evil]], [[Fridge Logic|one has to wonder]] [[You Fail Religious Studies Forever|why the church approved of]] ''[[You Fail Religious Studies Forever|that]]'' [[You Fail Religious Studies Forever|one]].

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* In ''[[Deadlands|Hell On Earth]]'', the Templars have their own pantheon of Patron Saints (that includes, among others, St. John Wayne and St. Eliot Ness).

* A supplement for ''[[Shadowrun]]'' mentioned how religion mixed with all the magic wandering around, especially shamanic stuff. The main shamanic influence is Native American, but that doesn't leave the Christians out. Shamans even have them available as variations of totems.

* [[Warhammer ~~40000~~|The Imperial Cult]], which is really just [[Recycled in Space|Catholicism IN SPACE!]] has numerous saints, one of the more famous being [[Gaunt's Ghosts|Saint Sabbat]].

* [[Warhammer 40,000|The Imperial Cult]], which is really just [[Recycled in Space|Catholicism IN SPACE!]] has numerous saints, one of the more famous being [[Gaunt's Ghosts|Saint Sabbat]].

* [[Indiana Jones]] is often referred to as the patron saint of player characters. "I don't know, I'm making this up as I go!"

* In [[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]] ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' sainthood was something a character could earn in game. By the standards of [[Bo EE]], its ridiculously hard to earn in game (easier if you're starting high level and can write the requirements into your backstory.)

* In [[Dungeons & Dragons]] ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' sainthood was something a character could earn in game. By the standards of [[Bo EE]], its ridiculously hard to earn in game (easier if you're starting high level and can write the requirements into your backstory.)

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* [http://st_dyphna.comicdish.com/ St Dyphn(i)a Academy]—The students in attendance should have realized that something was [[Sealed Evil in a Can|very]] [[Eldritch Abomination|wrong]] with a school [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place|named after]] the patron saint of ''the insane''.

* In [[Silent Hill Promise]] the protagonist Vanessa swears by an increasing number of saints, in different situations.

* In [[Silent Hill: Promise]] the protagonist Vanessa swears by an increasing number of saints, in different situations.

* In [[Squid Row]], [http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=1344 Randi buys a statue of St. Luke, patron of artists, and buries it in her houseplant.]

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