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Sock-makers have their own patron saint.

That makes me strangely happy.

Saint Andrew. A fisherman called by Jesus to throw away that rod and reel (or whatever they used back then) and come be a fisher of men, instead.

So now -- and I'm not making this up -- he's prayed to by women who are trying to find husbands.

That just seems wrong. And kind of depressing. "Hey, Andrew -- could you throw a few fish my way?"

I haz a sad now.

Saint Ambrose. Lawyer, governor, bishop. Pivotal in confirming that the official church stance would be Trinitarian (father-son-holy spirit all in one).

So of course he is the patron saint of...?

Bees. And beekeepers. And those who work with wax.

Because he was a sweet-talker. Srsly. He was persuasive when everybody was feeling fighty-stabby, so now he's the patron saint of bees.

Okay, then!