In Chapter 12 of the Prisoner of Azkaban, Professor Lupin starts to teach Harry the Patronus Charm. He describes it as "a guardian which acts as a shield between you and the dementor...The Patronus is a kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the Dementor feeds upon - hope, happiness, the desire to survive - but it cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the Dementors can't hurt it."
When I read this, I immediately connected a patronus to Jesus/God. After all, God is our protector (Psalm 18) and willingly steps in front of us so that we do not have to suffer (the cross, John 3:16-18). He is the embodiment of all things good (James 1:17) yet he is different from a patronus because, although he protects us and drives away evil, he does suffer in the process. In this sense he's a lot like Sirius Black.
In Chapter 19, when they're all in the Shrieking Shack, Sirius explains how he stayed sane in Azkaban, "I never lost my mind because I was innocent. That wasn't a happy thought, so the dementors couldn't suck it out of me ... but it kept me sane, knowing who I am." I suspect it was similar for Jesus. He was going through the worst torture, felt like God had forsaken Him (Matthew 27:46), and knew that His most passionate follower had denied Him (Mark 14:72). His hope was in His innocence and His knowledge of who He was (and is), the hope for all humanity.
So, after thinking all that through, I decided that the best connection is the name of Jesus and a patronus. The name of Jesus has the power to drive away evil (lots of demon example in the bible and today life examples) and it is the representation of hope, happiness, the desire to survive but it cannot feel despair.
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