2007-04-26 03:31:57 · 8 answers · asked by acne100 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Erasmus of Formiae, aka St. Elmo.
2007-04-26 03:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by CanProf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was St. Peter. Anyway it shouldn't be St. Paul.
Take a look around the eastern Med. There are numerous places named St. Paul, in one language or another. They all maintain that they were founded because St. Paul was shipwrecked on the spot. That makes him the worst sailor in history.
OK, checked it out, it's St. Nicholas. Patron saint of fishermen is St. Andrew - anyone can make a mistake!
I do remember being taken into the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board building in Liverpool. Inscribed on the inside of the dome is a dedication which goes something like this '..to those who go down to the sea in great ships and do their business in great waters.' My father said, 'Dirty buggers.' So he was a Scouser, but he was also an Anglican priest and a member of the Royal Society of Health.
2007-04-26 05:55:09 · answer #2 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take your pick from the following list:
St. Anthony of Padua, St. Barbara, St. Brendan, St. Brigid of Ireland, St. Christopher, Pope St. Clement I, St. Cuthbert, St. Erasmus (better known as St. Elmo), St. Eulalia, St. Francis of Paola, St. Jodocus, St. John Roche, St. Julian the Hospitaller, St. Michael the Archangel, Sts. Nicholas of Myra and Tolentino, Mary the mother of Jesus under her title of Star of the Sea, St. Peter Gonsales, St. Phocas the Gardener, and St. Walburga.
2007-04-26 04:56:53 · answer #3 · answered by Chrispy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors.
2007-04-26 03:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The patron saint of seamen is St.Elmo .
2007-04-26 04:20:08 · answer #5 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least in Greece it is st Nicholas, I am not sure if it is the same everywhere.
2007-04-26 03:39:36 · answer #6 · answered by dimitris k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elmo or Brendan.
2007-04-26 03:35:07 · answer #7 · answered by bumblecherry 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dunno, but as Greek god it is Neptune.
2007-04-26 09:22:19 · answer #8 · answered by xschoumy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋