Sentence:  The resultant town , platted in 1847 and named for the <WSD>patron</WSD> of Father Galtier 's mission , St. Paul , was to become an important center of the fur trade and was to take on a new interest for those Selkirkers who remained at Red River . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation