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[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This man got more titles than a LinkedIn Influencer

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 exists?

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

A Broadcaster would be a town Crier.