Patron (disambiguation)

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A patron is a person or organization that supports another.

The act of providing supportive patronage so as to positively patronise a person or organisation is not to be confused with negative usages of the verb - to patronise.

Patron or Patrón may also refer to:

• Patron god
• Patron saint
• Customer, also called patron

People

• Elena Patron, Filipino scriptwriter, novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist, and magazine columnist
• Giselle Patrón (born 1987), Peruvian model and actress
• Patricio Patrón Laviada (born 1957), Mexican politician who served as Governor of Yucatán

• Pablo Escobar “El Patron”,

Arts and entertainment

• El Patrón (album), album by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Tito El Bambino
• Purp & Patron, two mixtapes and the first double disc mixtape by rapper Game

Business and economy

• Patrón, a brand of tequila
• Pizza Patrón, a United States pizza chain

See also

• Patronage in ancient Rome for the patron (patronus) in Roman society
• Patronage (transportation)
• Advowson, by which in the Church of England the patron of a benefice has the right to nominate a parish priest to fill a vacancy
• Ius patronatus, a similar right of patronage in the Roman Catholic Church
• Pattern, type of theme of recurring events or objects