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[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This man got more titles than a LinkedIn Influencer

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago

A Broadcaster would be a town Crier.