Police officers introduce a litter of golden retriever puppies to be trained as police dogs during a ceremony at the National Police Academy in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, August 16, 2021, the date of the feast day for Saint Roch, considered the patron saint of dogs, among other things. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)

Girls lead a gaggle of geese, backdropped by a banner against the war in Ukraine, during a Saint Martin's Day procession next to Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, November 11, 2022. Saint Martin's day marks the end of the harvest season as well as the start of winter. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

Local actor Colin Retallick plays the role of St. Piran during the annual processional play to celebrate St. Piran, patron saint of tinners and regarded by many as Cornwall's premier saint, on March 4, 2012 in Perranporth, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

A dog waits to be blessed by a priest outside San Anton Church in Mijas, near Malaga, Spain, January 17, 2017. Hundreds of pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of Saint Anthony, Spain's patron saint of animals. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)

Paris Saint-Germain's Italian goalkeeper #01 Gianluigi Donnarumma and Salzburg's Serbian forward #21 Petar Ratkov vie for the ball during the UEFA Champions League football match between FC RB Salzburg and Paris Saint-Germain in Salzburg, Austria on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Franck Fife/AFP Photo)

Children walk behind their Morrocoye, a terrestrial tortoise native to South America, before a tortoise race held to celebrate the upcoming feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, in the town of San Francisco de Asis, Venezuela, on October 3, 2025. (Photo by /Juan Carlos Hernandez/Reuters)

A view shows a church in front of a high-rise apartment building in Saint Petersburg, Russia on October 30, 2019. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)

A participant of “Bread Procession of the Saint”, takes part in the ceremony in honor of Domingo de La Calzada Saint (1019-1109) who helped poor people and pilgrimage, in Santo Domingo de La Calzada, northern Spain, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Every year during spring season, “Las Doncellas” (White Virgins), hold on their head a basket cover with white cloth while they walk past along of this old village in honor of the saint. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)