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== Art ==
* Patron saints were common subjects for artists throughout [[The Middle Ages]] and [[The Renaissance]] (as in the page image of the [http://madameevangelista.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/wilton_diptych.jpg "Wilton Diptych"]{{Dead link}}, which shows SS. Edmund the Martyr, Edward the Confessor, and John the Baptist patronizing King Richard II of England). Often non-contemporaneous saints are shown associating in ''sacra conversazione'', each identified by holding or standing near his or her own special emblem.
** This tradition is continued in the (mostly Roman Catholic) phenomena of holy medals and holy cards and in the (mostly Eastern Orthodox) phenomenon of icons.
** This is also the most common theme of the stained glass window artwork in Roman Catholic churches.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140104235428/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 ''[[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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