Does London have a patron Saint ?

[Stoat Boy]

Does it ?

 

[19sixtysix]

St Boris










runs for the hills

 

[cesare]

I believe it's St Thomas Beckett

 

[maldwyn]

Patron Saint of the City of London: St Paul

 

[cesare]

Yeah, I was just going to say I've just found out that they both appear on the Seals of the City and of the Lord Mayor

Co-patron saints then

 

[Intastella]

Maggie innit.

 

[fogbat]

St Jade

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Tamesis is the river god anyhow

 

[ajdown]

I thought it was Saint Chas and Saint Dave?

 

[zenie]

Non-specific but I imagine if we had one it'd be Thomas Moore.

 

[bluestreak]

We have griffons. Griffons beat Saints in the mythical things what protect cities Top Trumps.

 

[DotCommunist]

Mammon is your god, Mammon.

 

[zenie]

We have griffons. Griffons beat Saints in the mythical things what protect cities Top Trumps.

Hang about, we have ravens at the Tower for this reason

 

[fogbat]

We have griffons. Griffons beat Saints in the mythical things what protect cities Top Trumps.

Not if it's a 60ft-tall Saint, made out of metal, who can fire lasers from his eyes

 

[bluestreak]

Hang about, we have ravens at the Tower for this reason

They're for insurance, in case Pope Fogbat's plan for giant robot attack saints comes to anything.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

According to this there's three, though they're all a bit promiscuous with their patronage.

 

[bluestreak]

To be honest, Arcangel Michael pretty much IS fogbats uber-saint. :shock:

 

[lang rabbie]

I think St Erkenwald (aka Erconwald) also gets a shout. AFAIK He's the only saint supposedly buried underneath St Paul's Cathedral.

 

[meurig]

Mammon is your god, Mammon.

It's true. I met him. Huge shaggy thingy he was; with horns.

And a pearly jacket.

 

[krtek a houby]

Hang about, we have ravens at the Tower for this reason

What about the parrots, dammit?

 

[Orang Utan]

It has guardian giants: Gog and Magog

 

[toblerone3]

According to this there's three, though they're all a bit promiscuous with their patronage.

St Peter the Apostle very promiscious. Verging on being a slag!

Patron saint of........................

Affi, Italy
against feet problems
against fever
against foot problems
against frenzy
bakers
Bath Abbey
Belvedere Ostrense, Italy
Berchtesgaden Abbey
Berlin, Germany, archdiocse of
Birzebbuga, Malta
Bremen, Germany
bridge builders
butchers
Calbayog, Philippines, diocese of
Capolona, Italy
Capriata d’Orba, Italy
Castelletto d’Orba, Piedmont, Italy
Chartres, France
Chatillon, Aosta, Italy
clock makers
Cluny, France
cobblers
Cologne, Germany
Corbie Abbey
Davao, Philippines, archdiocese of
Exeter College, Oxford, England
Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
fishermen
Gabiano, Italy
harvesters
Jackson, Mississippi, diocese of
Köpenick, Germany
Lanuvio, Italy
Las Vegas, Nevada, diocese of
Lessines, Belgium
Leuven, Belgium
locksmiths
London, England
longevity
Maralal, Kenya, diocese of
Marquette, Michigan, diocese of
masons
Mdina, Malta
Moissac, France
Nadur, Gozo, Malta
Naumburg, Germany
net makers
Obermarsberg, Germany
papacy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, archdiocese of
popes
Poznan, Poland
Providence, Rhode Island, diocese of
Regensburg, Germany
Rome, Italy
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Scranton, Pennsylvania, diocese of
ship builders
shipwrights
shoemakers
Sint Pieters Rode, Belgium
stone masons
Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Umbria, Italy
Universal Church
watch makers
Worms, Germany

 

[durruti02]

I think St Erkenwald (aka Erconwald) also gets a shout. AFAIK He's the only saint supposedly buried underneath St Paul's Cathedral.

he's a new one on me ( yes apparrently he is the patron saint if the City of London er and gout! ( seems appropriate!)

.. and theres also St Ethelburga of Barking

 

[durruti02]

St Dunstan would have a good shout .. he was good at dealing with the devil apparrently! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Dunstan

and St Thomas Becket was born in London too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket

and St Alphege was martyred at Greenwich

and St Thomas Moore was londoner , but maybe a bit controversial!