Patron saints are a bit weird. Apart from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England could you name any other countries'? They probably have them but I don't know what they are. In fact the whole idea of saints is a bit weird.
Does the USA have a patron saint? Australia?
I always thought that USA and Australia are more into folk icons like say Tom Sawyer for USA or Ned Kelly for Aus.
Given that England isn't a particularly Christian place, perhaps we should do the same. It shouldn't be too difficult to come up with a figure we all agree on.
First of all we'd need some criteria. How about - No Northern monkeys. No poncy Southerners.
Hmm ... on second thoughts, an obscure Turkish bloke will do fine.
I prefer St Patrick as he's also the patron Saint of engineers. He's credited with teaching the Irish to build with lime mortar instead of just dry stone. A skill that has stood the Irish well through the generations!
St Edmund’s flag is a white...
Mate, I don't want to rain on your parade, but St Pat is also credited with driving the snakes out of Ireland. Just sayin ...
St Edmund, St Edward? Do they have a flag?
Personally I'd go for St Boniface....
The only patron saint I give much of a stuff about is St. Christopher - patron saint of travellers.
My grandad always had a keyring with a representation of him in his car and it's a fond memory.
Utterly pointless.
Patron saint of curtains?