Patronages of Saint George Saint George the leader of the Portuguese victory in the battle of Aljubarrota. King John I (1357–1433) was also a devotee of the saint and was in his reign that Saint George replaced Saint James as the main patron saint of Portugal. In 1387, he ordered that its image on horse be carried in the Corpus Christi procession. As part of the Portuguese Empire, Brazil inherited the devotion to Saint George as patron saint of Portugal. In the religious traditions of the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé and Umbanda, Ogum (as this Yoruba divinity is known in the Portuguese language) is often identified
The Patron Saint of Liars (novel) said, "Ann Patchett has written such a good first novel that among the many pleasures it offers is the anticipation of how wonderful her second, third, and fourth will surely be... It is a world that Ms. Patchett draws with wit and imagination... It is about pilgrimage and healing. A made-up story of an enchanted place. A fairy tale. A delight." In 1998, "The Patron Saint of Liars" was adapted as a television film, for CBS. The Patron Saint of Liars (novel) The Patron Saint of Liars is a 1992 novel, written by Ann Patchett. This is the first novel