08 — Patronage and Devotion
The breadth of St. Claude’s patronage — wood-turners, toymakers, whistle-makers, and a whole region — rooted in the pilgrimage economy of the town that bore his name, and the devotion and identity that outlived the relic the Revolution destroyed.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| patron-of-many.md | The craft-patronages (turners, toymakers, whistle-makers, tanners); the pilgrimage → tournerie → pipes mechanism; the cult carried to St. Claude, Manitoba; the disambiguation from Claude de la Colombière |
| devotion-and-identity.md | The saint as namesake and patron of a town and region; the devotion of the Burgundian dukes; a cult that outlived its shrine |
See Also
- 06 — The Great Pilgrimage — the pilgrimage economy behind the patronages
- 09 — Veneration and the Orthodox Reception — the enduring cult and its modern Orthodox reception
- Master README — the collection overview