Possible Clues:

• Saint distributing a lot of brandy without hesitation?
• Literature middle name
• Man finds a route to European capital
• Service held by brave French abbot
• &5 Like Elmer Rice, he offered a new life
• St. ___ (Alpine dog breed)
• Saint and sailors wearing fuzz
• Sainted dog for the mountains
• St. ___ (dog)
• "The Natural" author Malamud