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{{quote|''"Holy Hannah!" shouted [[Captain America]] in ''Secret Defenders'' #6. ''Who'', you ask? Why, "Holy Hannah" is better known as St. Hannah of the Funnybooks, patron saint to [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] superheroes (As opposed to "Holy #%&* !", patron saint of [[Nineties Anti-Hero|'90s super heroes]].)''|'''Marvel Year In Review 1993'''}}
 
Some of us are believed to be [[Pals Withwith Jesus|closer to the divine]] than others. In Catholicism and Orthodoxy, these special people are called "saints" and they can be called upon to intercede and/or create miracles on our behalf.
 
The process of being named a saint is canonization, a long and complicated process. <ref> Note that canonization does not ''make'' one a saint, as only God can do that. Canonization is merely the process by which the Church recognizes that a person has become a saint, and saints may exist who have not been canonized.</ref> For more information, just look up the relevant keyword(s) on [[The Other Wiki]].
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* Saint Agnes, patron saint of girls
* Saint Anthony (of Padua -- there are others), patron saint of people looking for things lost
* Saint Barbara, patron saint of those in dangerous occupations (including [[Reds Withwith Rockets|Russian rocketeers]]).
* Saint Christopher, patron saint of travellers, and a medal of whom is usually featured in a car, is often the butt of car-related jokes.
* Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and the enviroment
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* There are loads of saints in ''[[Millions]]'', because the protagonist is a bit obsessed with them.
* The martyrdom of St. Sebastian is symbolic in ''[[Lilies]]''. Sebastian's role as a gay icon (see Real Life) is relevant here.
* A St. Christopher statue in a car turned into a plot point in ''[[Crash (Filmfilm)|Crash]]''.
* In the ''[[Hellboy (Filmfilm)|Hellboy]]'' film, a statue of St. Dionysius was used as a prison for the monster Sammael, and later a finger bone of St. Jude is used to ward off the same monster.
 
 
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* The English fairy tale of "The Seven Champions of Christendom" depicts the patron saints of seven prominent Christian nations as [[Knight in Shining Armor|knights errant]]: St. George (England), St. Denis (France), St. Patrick (Ireland), St. Anthony [of Padua] (Italy), St. Andrew (Scotland), St. James [the Greater] (Spain), and St. David (Wales).
* The founder of the monastery in ''[[A Canticle for Leibowitz]]'' becomes the patron saint of electricians once civilization gets back to that point. There is also a reference to Saint Raul the Cyclopean, patron of mutants.
* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Space Cadet (Literaturenovel)|Space Cadet]]'', when persuading the hero that an apparent accident was a real one and not a put on job to scare the candidates, someone asks him whether he has ever heard of St. Barbara, explains that she is the patron of those in dangerous occupations, and tells him that if he goes to the chapel dedicated to her, he will find that the priest is saying Mass for those who died in the accident. This convinces him.
* In [[Larry Niven]] and [[Jerry Pournelle]]'s ''[[The Mote in GodsGod's Eye]]'', a statue of St. Barbara aboard a spaceship has carefully constructed fans so the candles will continue to burn right in freefall.
* In ''[[Cell]]'', by [[Stephen King]], Denise successfully helps Clay find a necessary item by invoking St. Anthony's help. Clay himself borrows this idea at the [[No Ending|ending]].
* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[Chronicles of Chaos (Literature)|Orphans of Chaos]]'', Boggins informs Amelia, "I, for example, am employed directly by Saint Dymphna's School and College for Destitute Children." Which is to say, after the saint of the insane and emotionally disturbed.
* In Mary Stewart's ''[[Heirs of Alexandria|This Rough Magic]]'', St. Spiridon, the patron saint of Corfu (where the story takes place), is invoked by several characters and features in Sir Julian's theory of the origins of the story of ''[[The Tempest]]''.
* In [[Jim Butcher]]'s [[Dresden Files]] story "Aftermath", Murphy prays to St. Jude before her attack.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[ProsperosProspero's Daughter]]'' trilogy, Logistilla's home is on the island of St. Dismas.
* The ''Speaker for the Dead'' branch of [[Orson Scott Card]]'s [[Ender's Game|Enderverse]] includes the Order of the Children of the Mind of Christ (married but chaste monks who run schools on most Catholic colonies), founded by St. Angelo of Moctezuma (who in traditional Church logic would therefore be the Order's patron saint), an eccentric monk whose death Andrew had spoken [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|2000 years]] before the events of ''Speaker for the Dead''.
* St. Expeditus, a cult saint not recognized by the Church, is referenced in the [[Father Koesler]] mystery, ''Death Wears a Red Hat'', wherein he is noted both as the patron saint of avoiding procrastination and hurrying decisions and also in his role in Santeria of being used in rituals to dispatch foes.
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* ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'' is a [[Whole-Plot Reference]] to Joan of Arc.
* Like ''Joan of Arcadia'', ''[[Wonderfalls]]'' was inspired by Joan of Arc's story.
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' snarks at one of his patients when he spots a Saint Nicholas (I believe) medallion, whose patronage also includes prostitutes. She snarks right back that he's also the patron saint of the wrongfully accused.
* 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.
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** 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 [[Always Chaotic 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]].
* During an episode of ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]'', Jack is having a fight with his devoutly Catholic girlfriend Elisa (played by Selma Hayek) while in a church.
{{quote| '''Elisa:''' How dare you say such things in front of the statue of Santa Lucia, the patron saint of judgemental statues!}}
 
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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 [[GauntsGaunt'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.)
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Darklands]]'' has the saints, and their areas of expertise, as the foundation of their magic system based on prayer.
* ''[[In FamousInfamous (Videovideo game Gameseries)|In Famous]]'': {{spoiler|In the Good Ending to Infamous 2, Cole is revered as one by the citizens of New Marais}}
 
 
== [[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 Aa 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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* Saint Jude's Children Research Hospital, who treats and hopes to find cures for things like cancer. Other common patrons for hospitals are Saint Luke (who according to [[The Bible|St. Paul]] (''Colossians IV, xiv.'') was a physician) and Saint Mary under her title of "The Immaculate Conception" is also the Patron Saint of the United States.
* [http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-barbara/ Saint Barbara] is the patron saint of Heavy Artillery and Artillerymen.
** And as such was celebrated in a poem by [[GK Chesterton|G. K. Chesterton]].
** The Russian Orthodox Church has, [[New Powers Asas the Plot Demands|by extension]], made her the patron saint of the [[From Russia With Nukes|Strategic Rocket Forces]].
* [[wikipedia:Emperor Norton|Emperor Norton]] is the only real-life person considered to be a Discordian saint.
* St. Philip Neri is patron of the [[Yanks With Tanks|US Special Forces]].
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