Patronages of Saint George United States Armor Association awards the Saint George Award to tankers and cavalry troopers in a knighting ceremony. He is also the patron saint of skin disease sufferers and syphilitic people. Patronages of Saint George As a highly celebrated saint in both the Western and Eastern Christian churches, Saint George is connected with a large number of patronages throughout the world, and his iconography can be found on the flags and coats of arms of a number of cities and countries. Saint George is a patron saint of Georgia, and it is claimed by Georgian author Enriko Gabisashvili that Saint
Thomas Henry (patron of the arts) Thomas Henry (patron of the arts) Bon-Thomas Henry (1766 in Cherbourg, France – 1836 in Cherbourg) was a French painter and patron of the arts. After studies in his hometown, Henry was forced while traveling to take shelter during a storm at Bordeaux, where he settled and became a partner with a merchant who sent him to Saint-Domingue. He returned to France after the Haitian Revolution, and learned the restoration of paintings from fellow artists. He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Regnault. He augmented his skill in restoration with expertise learned during travels to Italy, Belgium, and England. This led