Patronages of Saint George Saint George is one of the Patron Saints of Locorotondo, Genoa, Milan, as well as the patron saint of Ferrara, Reggio Calabria and Cellatica in Brescia. Saint George is also the patron saint of San Giorgio La Molara, a small "commune" in southern Italy (20 km from Benevento). The historical bank that was the backbone of the Republic of Genoa, "Repubblica Marinara di Genova", was dedicated to St George, "Banco di San Giorgio". The power of the "Repubblica" passing from commerce to banking, Genoa lent money to all the European countries and sovereigns, so the power of the "Repubblica" was
Patron Saints of the Hen Ogledd Patron Saints of the Hen Ogledd This is a list of Cumbrian saints, including saints more loosely associated with Hen Ogledd: many of them will have links to sites elsewhere in regions with significant ancient British history, such as Wales, Cornwall, Brittany or Devon. Saint Kentigern, or Mungo is said to be the son of Taneu, a princess of Gododdin, in the Hen Ogledd. He is believed to have died c. 612. Taneu became pregnant after she was raped by the leader of Rheged, Owain mab Urien. Later in his life, after expulsion from Pictland, the region of the Picts,