Patronage
Patron Saint of Poetry
The Catholic Church venerates St. Hilda of Whitby as the patron saint of poetry. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.
St. Hilda of Whitby
Feast: November 17“An Anglo-Saxon abbess who presided over the famous Synod of Whitby and ran one of the most important monasteries in England.”
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