Who is the patron saint of politicians?
Chad of Mercia later English official, Thomas More, the patron of politicians. The "Spa Research Fellowship" states that Chad is the patron saint of medicinal springs, although other listings do not mention this patronage. St. Chad's Day (2 March) is traditionally considered the most propitious day to sow broad beans in England. Chad of Mercia Chad (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th century Anglo-Saxon churchman, who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of the Northumbrians and subsequently Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. He was later canonised as a saint. He was the brother of Cedd, also a saint. He
Patron saint Patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, or particular branches of Islam, is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family or person. Saints often become the patrons of places where they were born or had been active. However, there were cases in Medieval Europe where a city which grew to prominence and obtained for its cathedral the remains or some relics of a famous saint who had lived and was buried elsewhere, thus making him or her the