This came up in conversation the other day. There’s a patron saint for most everything you can think of, and for some reason I thought that the bikers’ patron saint was Gabriel, who also looks after messengers.<\/p>\n
But no, it’s Columbanus, an Irish saint who lived from 540 AD to 615 AD. Recurring themes in the stories of Columbanus are virtue, women and beer.<\/p>\n
There’s much to be found on the Web about Columbanus and, of course, there’s a Wikipedia<\/a> article.<\/p>\n But near as I can tell there’s no Saint Alphonzo – as in Saint Alphonzo’s Pancake Breakfast<\/a>, a zippy little number by the late Frank Zappa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This came up in conversation the other day. There’s a patron saint for most everything you can think of, and for some reason I thought that the bikers’ patron saint was Gabriel, who also looks after messengers. But no, it’s Columbanus, an Irish saint who lived from 540 AD to 615 AD. Recurring themes in … Continue reading The Patron Saint of Motorcyclists<\/span>