It begins with a procession around the streets of the city, with each neighborhood carrying an image of its patron saint.
Each community in the borough, including the twelve main towns and each of these towns neighborhoods has a patron saint celebrated once a year.
Such fairs then continued annually, usually on the feast day of the patron saint to whom the church was dedicated.
Furthermore, each municipality has a holiday to honor its patron saint.
But he will also go down as the patron saint of the under-the-counter economy.
At one point, he was the arch-protector of market forces; now he is masquerading as the patron saint of intervention.
By his own admission, he is the patron saint of lost causes.
Whom, then, should we nominate as our patron saint for this debate?
