Patron saints of places

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In various denominations of Christianity, some deceased Christians are recognized as saints. Some such saints are regarded as patron saints, or heavenly advocates, of certain locations.

Continents

File:Collage Patron saints by regions.jpg

File:Europe Patron saints Mosaic.jpg]]

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! Continent !! Patron saint !! class=unsortable|Notes

Asia

|Francis Xavier{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3q6eCgAAQBAJ&q=%22patron+saint+of+asia%22&pg=PT94|title=QI: The Third Book of General Ignorance|first1=John|last1=Lloyd|first2=John|last2=Mitchinson|first3=James|last3=Harkin|first4=Andrew Hunter|last4=Murray|date=29 September 2015|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=9780571309009|via=Google Books}}

|John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71_RDwAAQBAJ&q=%22patron+saint+of+asia+minor%22&pg=PA150|title=Drinking with Your Patron Saints: The Sinner's Guide to Honoring Namesakes and Protectors|first=Michael P.|last=Foley|date=17 March 2020|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781684510474|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IvrDQAAQBAJ&q=%22patron+saint+of+asia+minor%22&pg=PT64|title=The Everything Saints Book: The Inspiring Lives of Martyrs and Miracle Workers Throughout History|first=Jenny|last=Schroedel|date=17 July 2007|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781605502533|via=Google Books}}

Africa

|Moses the Black
Our Lady of Africa

|Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgYqDwAAQBAJ&q=%22patron+saint+of+africa%22&pg=PT459|title=Ancient African Christianity: An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition|first=David E.|last=Wilhite|date=14 July 2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135121419|via=Google Books}}

The Americas

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The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe)Walsh, p. 6.Walsh, p. 13.

Rose of Lima (Rosa de Lima){{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13192c.htm|title=Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Rose of Lima|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=2016-09-30|archive-date=5 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205082022/https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13192c.htm|url-status=live}}

Óscar Romero


Herman of Alaska{{Cite web|title=Holy Hermit St Herman of Alaska|url=https://holyhermits.com.au/events/holy-hermit-st-herman-of-alaska/2021-11-16|access-date=2022-10-08|website=Holy Hermits Online|language=en|archive-date=28 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228151454/https://holyhermits.com.au/events/holy-hermit-st-herman-of-alaska/2021-11-16|url-status=live}}

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Antarctica

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Snows){{cite web|url=http://www.peninsula.faithweb.com/glass/staingl.htm|title=Thames Windows|website=www.peninsula.faithweb.com|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208174003/http://www.peninsula.faithweb.com/glass/staingl.htm|url-status=live}}
John Bosco{{cite web|url=http://www.waponline.it/articles/church-in-antarctica/|title=Church in Antarctica – W.A.P.|website=www.waponline.it|date=2 May 2024|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208174005/http://www.waponline.it/articles/church-in-antarctica/|url-status=live}}

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Europe

|Benedict of Nursia{{cite news|title=St. Benedict and the key to European unity|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=57724|date=9 April 2008|access-date=2014-07-07|publisher=CatholicCulture.org|archive-date=3 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503212955/http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=57724|url-status=live}}
Cyril and Methodius{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Terry|title=Methodius|work=Patron Saints Index|url=http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm10.htm|access-date=18 February 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219170931/http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm10.htm|archive-date=19 February 2007}}{{cite web|title=Egregiae Virtutis|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_31121980_egregiae-virtutis_lt.html|access-date=26 April 2009|archive-date=4 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104182217/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_31121980_egregiae-virtutis_lt.html|url-status=live}} Apostolic letter of Pope John Paul II, 31 December 1980 {{in lang|la}}
Bridget of Sweden
Catherine of Siena
Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)

|Benedict of Nursia is the main patron saint,{{cite web|url=http://www.abbaziamontecassino.org/abbey/|title=Abbazia MC Official site|website=www.abbaziamontecassino.org|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115213346/http://www.abbaziamontecassino.org/abbey/|url-status=dead}} the others are considered co-patrons.{{cite web|url=http://www.isidor.se/ccreurope/en-gb/patrons.aspx|title=Patrons of Europe|website=www.isidor.se|access-date=27 December 2014|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205180231/http://www.isidor.se/ccreurope/en-gb/patrons.aspx|url-status=dead}}
The Virgin Mary (It is believed the whole of Europe was granted protection under Our Lady of Europe in the 14th century{{Cite web|title=Gibraltar Our Lady of Europa 20p|url=http://www.westminstercollection.com/p-251Y/Gibraltar-Our-Lady-of-Europa-20p.aspx|website=www.westminstercollection.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30|archive-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303152007/https://www.westminstercollection.com/p-251Y/Gibraltar-Our-Lady-of-Europa-20p.aspx|url-status=dead}})

Oceania

|Saint Paisios of Mount Athos (Australia)
Peter ChanelWalsh, p. 15.

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Geographical regions

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! Region !! Patron saint

Anatolia

|John the Apostle{{cite book|title=Architects of Piety: The Cappadocian Fathers and the Cult of the Martyrs|first=Vasiliki |last=M. Limberis|year=2011| isbn=9780190208684| page =164|publisher=Oxford University Press}}

Australasia

|The Virgin Mary (as Mary Help of Christians{{cite web|url=https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/st-mary-of-the-cross-mackillop-named-second-patron-of-australia/|title=St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Named Second Patron of Australia|author=Staff Writers|date=24 January 2013|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005234102/https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/st-mary-of-the-cross-mackillop-named-second-patron-of-australia/|url-status=live}})

Central Africa

|The Immaculate Heart of Mary

Central America

|Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
Óscar Romero
Rose of Lima

East Indies

|Thomas the Apostle

Far East

|Francis Xavier

Indies

|Rose of Lima{{cite journal|last1=Clement X|first1=Pope|title=Bull Sacrosancti Apostolatus Cura|journal=§ 3: Bullarium Romanum, 26VII, 42|date=11 August 1670|quote=(Latin text) declaram, &principaliorem Patronam omnium, & singularum Provinciarum, Regnorum, Insularum, & Regionaum Terrae firmae totius Americae, Phillipinarum, & Indiarum, cum eisdem praerogativis dicta autoritate tenore praefentium eligimus pariter, & declaramus
(translation) "...I, Clement, (..) proclaim Blessed Rosa de Santa Maria as the principal patroness of each and every province, country, island and area of the entire land of the Americas, the Philippines and the Indies, with the same prerogatives of the designated authority, we declare."}}

Latin America

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe){{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/40124/our-lady-of-guadalupe-empress-of-the-americas|title=Our Lady of Guadalupe: Empress of the Americas|work=Catholic News Agency|access-date=3 January 2024|archive-date=3 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103183053/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/40124/our-lady-of-guadalupe-empress-of-the-americas|url-status=live}}

North Africa (Libya, Tunisia)

|CyprianWalsh, p. 3.

Scandinavia

|AnsgarBunson, p. 214.

South America

|Rose of Lima

South Asia

|Francis Xavier

West Indies

|Gertrude the Great
Pope Gregory I

Countries

File:St Henrik dop Kuppis R.W. Ekman.jpg the bishop]]

This list only includes sovereign states. Subdivisions, such as the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, are listed below under "Administrative subdivisions".

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! Country !!Patron saint

{{flag|Albania}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Good Counsel)

{{flag|Andorra}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Meritxell)

{{flag|Angola}}

|The Immaculate Heart of Mary

{{flag|Argentina}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Luján)
Francis Solanus
Laura Vicuña
Martin of Tours

{{flag|Armenia}}

|Gregory the Illuminator
Bartholomew the Apostle
Jude the Apostle
Mesrop Mashtots

{{flag|Australia}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Help of Christians){{Cite web|url=http://www.theworkofgod.org/Library/MaryHelp/Patronss.htm|title=Patroness of Australia|website=www.theworkofgod.org|access-date=2017-06-01|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211142930/https://www.theworkofgod.org/Library/MaryHelp/Patronss.htm|url-status=live}}

Saint Paisios of Mount Athos{{cite web | url=https://greekorthodox.org.au/saint-paisios-the-athonite-declared-as-patron-saint-of-the-holy-archdiocese-of-australia/ | title=Saint Paisios the Athonite declared as Patron Saint of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia | date=25 September 2023 | access-date=16 July 2024 | archive-date=5 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805164916/https://greekorthodox.org.au/saint-paisios-the-athonite-declared-as-patron-saint-of-the-holy-archdiocese-of-australia/ | url-status=live }}
Mary of the Cross MacKillop{{Cite news|url=http://mediablog.catholic.org.au/saint-mary-of-the-cross-mackillop-named-second-patron-of-australia/|title=Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop named second patron of Australia – ACBC Media Blog|date=2013-01-23|work=ACBC Media Blog|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211142933/https://mediablog.catholic.org.au/saint-mary-of-the-cross-mackillop-named-second-patron-of-australia/|url-status=live}}

{{flag|Austria}}

|Joseph
Colman of StockerauHolweck, p. 225.
Florian
Leopold the Good
Maurice
Severinus of Noricum
Vergilius of Salzburg
The Virgin Mary

{{flag|Azerbaijan}}

|Bartholomew the Apostle{{Cite web|title=24 Avqust – Müqəddəs Həvarı Bartalmayin Bayrami|url=https://www.catholic.az/az/24-avqust-muq%c9%99dd%c9%99s-h%c9%99vari-bartalmayin-bayrami/?doing_wp_cron=1695856865.2881500720977783203125|website=catholic.az| date=18 August 2022 |access-date=27 September 2023|archive-date=27 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927233159/https://www.catholic.az/az/24-avqust-muq%C9%99dd%C9%99s-h%C9%99vari-bartalmayin-bayrami/?doing_wp_cron=1695856865.2881500720977783203125|url-status=live}}
Elisæus of Albania{{Cite web|title=Azərbaycanda xristianlığın tarixi|url=https://az.pravoslavie.az/history/christianity_in_azerbaijan_history/|website=pravoslavie.az|access-date=27 September 2023|archive-date=27 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927233158/https://az.pravoslavie.az/history/christianity_in_azerbaijan_history/|url-status=live}}
The Virgin Mary, Protector of Caucasus
John of Baku{{Cite web|title=İman uğrunda öldürülmüş keşiş İoann Qançev (1878–1937)|url=https://az.pravoslavie.az/history/history_faces/?id=13606|website=pravoslavie.az}}

{{flag|Bahrain}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Arabia)

{{flag|Bangladesh}}

|Francis Xavier

{{flag|Barbados}}

|Andrew{{Cite web|title=Who was St Andrew? — The Official Gateway to Scotland|url=http://www.scotland.org/features/who-was-st-andrew|website=scotland.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730180006/http://www.scotland.org/features/who-was-st-andrew|archive-date=30 July 2017}}

{{flag|Belarus}}

|Cyril of Turov
Euphrosyne of Polotsk{{cite web|url=https://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/famous-belarusians/euphrosyne-of-polotsk|title=Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Belarus – Belarus.by|website=www.belarus.by|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=14 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214013533/https://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/famous-belarusians/euphrosyne-of-polotsk|url-status=live}}

{{flag|Belgium}}

|Joseph

{{flag|Belize}}

|George

{{flag|Bolivia}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Candelaria, Our Lady of Copacabana, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel)

{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|Elijah{{cite web|url=http://www.vecernji.ba/vijesti/sveti-ilija-zastitnik-bosne-hercegovine-clanak-433510|title=Sveti Ilija – zaštitnik Bosne i Hercegovine|publisher=vecernji.ba|date=21 July 2012|access-date=2 July 2013|language=hr|archive-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723093905/http://www.vecernji.ba/vijesti/sveti-ilija-zastitnik-bosne-hercegovine-clanak-433510|url-status=live}}

{{flag|Brazil}}

|Saint Raphael the Archangel (As Protective Angel of the Brazilian Nation)

The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Aparecida)Walsh, p. 5.
Peter of Alcantara
Joseph of Anchieta{{cite web|url=http://www.arquidiocesedefortaleza.org.br/atualidades/artigos/53a-assembleia-geral-da-cnbb/|title=53ª Assembleia Geral Da CNBB – Arquidiocese de Fortaleza|work=Arquidiocese de Fortaleza|access-date=6 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518072133/http://www.arquidiocesedefortaleza.org.br/atualidades/artigos/53a-assembleia-geral-da-cnbb/|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}

{{flag|Brunei}}

|Francis Xavier

{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|Cyril and Methodius
John of Rila

{{flag|Cambodia}}

|Joseph

{{flag|Cameroon}}

|The Blessed Virgin Mary (Immaculate Heart of Mary)

{{flag|Canada}}

|Jean de Brébeuf
Joseph
Anne
Saint George
the Canadian Martyrs
Patrick{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

{{flag|Chile}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
James the Greater
Teresa of Los Andes

{{flag|China}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sheshan)
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Chinese Martyrs

{{flag|Colombia}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá)
Louis Bertrand
Peter Claver
Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena

{{flag|Costa Rica}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Virgen de los Ángeles, also known as La Negrita){{Cite web|date=2014-03-11|title=Costa Rica's patron saint to be enthroned in the Vatican|url=https://ticotimes.net/2014/03/11/costa-ricas-patron-saint-to-be-enthroned-in-the-vatican|access-date=2023-05-07|website=The Tico Times|language=en-US|archive-date=30 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530022359/https://ticotimes.net/2014/03/11/costa-ricas-patron-saint-to-be-enthroned-in-the-vatican|url-status=live}}

{{flag|Croatia}}

|Joseph (by the decision of the Croatian Parliament from 1687 he is the official patron saint of Croatia)
Jerome
Cyril and Methodius

{{flag|Cuba}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Charity)

{{flag|Cyprus}}

|BarnabasHolweck, p. 133.
Lazarus
Marina the Martyr

{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|Adalbert of Prague
Agnes of Bohemia
John of Nepomuk
Ludmila
Cyril and Methodius
Procopius
Sigismund
Wenceslaus
Vitus

{{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Joseph

{{flag|Denmark}}

|Ansgar
Canute IV

{{flag|Dominican Republic}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Altagracia and Our Lady of Mercy{{Cite news|url=https://catholicsaints.info/feast-of-our-lady-of-mercy/|title=Feast of Our Lady of Mercy|date=2010-08-04|work=CatholicSaints.Info|access-date=2017-10-30|language=en-US|archive-date=13 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113064741/https://catholicsaints.info/feast-of-our-lady-of-mercy/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://eldia.com.do/hoy-es-dia-de-las-mercedes-patrona-de-la-republica-dominicana/|title=Hoy es Día de las Mercedes, Patrona de la República Dominicana|date=2015-09-24|work=El Día|access-date=2017-10-30|language=es-ES|archive-date=19 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019210912/https://eldia.com.do/hoy-es-dia-de-las-mercedes-patrona-de-la-republica-dominicana/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.conectate.com.do/articulo/santo-cerro-la-vega-republica-dominicana/|title=Santo Cerro {{!}} La Vega, República Dominicana|website=www.conectate.com.do|language=es-ES|access-date=2017-10-30|archive-date=30 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130201716/https://www.conectate.com.do/articulo/santo-cerro-la-vega-republica-dominicana/|url-status=live}})
Dominic

{{flag|East Timor}}

|Our Lady of Immaculate

{{flag|Ecuador}}

|The Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Immaculate Heart of MaryWalsh, p. 9.
Mary Anne de Paredes ({{langx|es|Mariana de Paredes y Flores}})
Our Lady of El Cisne{{cite web|url=http://www.santuariodelcisne.org|title=Official website of the National Shrine of Our Lady of El Cisne|access-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825110404/http://www.santuariodelcisne.org/|archive-date=25 August 2018|url-status=dead}}

{{flag|Egypt}}

|Mark the Evangelist
Maurice

{{flag|El Salvador}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Peace)
The Transfigured Jesus (the Divine Savior of the World)

{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
The Transfiguration of Jesus (as the Divine Savior of the World)

{{flag|Ethiopia}}

|Frumentius
George

{{flag|Faroe Islands}}

|Olav the Holy

{{flag|Fiji}}

|Peter

{{flag|Finland}}

|Henry of Uppsala

{{flag|France}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
The Archangel Michael
Denis of Paris
Martin of Tours
Louis IX
Joan of Arc
Remi
Thérèse de Lisieux
Petronilla
Radegund
Maurice

{{flag|Georgia}}

|George
Nino

{{flag|Germany}}

|Adalbert of Magdeburg
Ansgar
Boniface
Bruno of Cologne
Peter Canisius
Kilian of Würzburg
The Archangel Michael
Suitbert of Kaiserswerdt
George
Maurice

{{flag|Greece}}

|The Virgin Mary (as the Panagia)
George
Andrew
Nicholas of Myra
Paul the Apostle

{{flag|Greenland}}

|Hans Egede{{cite web|url=https://www.harbourguides.com/articles/THE-SEA-SERPENT|title=THE SEA SERPENT|website=www.harbourguides.com|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-date=19 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019210819/https://www.harbourguides.com/articles/THE-SEA-SERPENT|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dinosaursfordummies.org.uk/greenland.html|title=Dinosaurs for Dummies – Witness from Patron Saint of Greenland|website=www.dinosaursfordummies.org.uk|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-date=19 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019210817/http://www.dinosaursfordummies.org.uk/greenland.html|url-status=live}}

{{flag|Guam}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Camarin)

{{flag|Guatemala}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Rosary)
James the GreaterWalsh, p. 11.
Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur

{{flag|Haiti}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Perpetual Succor)

{{flag|Honduras}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Suyapa)

{{flag|Hong Kong}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception){{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/hong0.htm|title=Diocese of Hong Kong 香港, Hong Kong|website=GCatholic|access-date=6 November 2015|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204141541/http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/hong0.htm|url-status=live}}
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Chinese Martyrs

{{flag|Hungary}}

|The Virgin Mary
Adalbert of Prague
Astricus
Emeric of Hungary (HungarianImre)
CyrilHolweck, p. 256.
Gerard Sagredo
Stephen of Hungary
Elizabeth of Hungary

{{flag|Iceland}}

|AnsgarWalsh, p. 12.
Thorlac Thorhallsson

{{flag|India}}

|The Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of the Assumption)
Thomas the Apostle
Francis Xavier

{{flag|Indonesia}}

|The Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Perpetual Help)
Joseph
Thomas
Francis Xavier

{{flag|Iran}}

|Maruthas
Joseph

{{flag|Ireland}}

|Patrick{{cite web|url=https://www.discoveringireland.com/irelands-saints/|title=Irelands Saints|website=www.discoveringireland.com|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=29 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129033434/https://www.discoveringireland.com/irelands-saints/|url-status=live}}
Columba
Brigid of KildareHolweck, p. 171.

{{flag|Italy}}

|Catherine of Siena
Francis of Assisi
Maurice

{{flag|Jamaica}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
George

{{flag|Japan}}

|Peter Baptist
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Our Lady of Akita

{{flag|Jordan}}

|John the Baptist

{{Flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya

|The Virgin Mary (as Mary, Queen of Love){{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/KE.htm|title=Catholic Church in Kenya|website=www.gcatholic.org|access-date=2018-08-28|archive-date=2 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002004158/http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/KE.htm|url-status=live}}
George

{{flag|Korea}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Joseph
Andrew Kim Taegon
Paul Chong Hasang
Korean Martyrs

{{flag|Kuwait}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Arabia)

{{flag|Latvia}}

|George

{{flag|Lebanon}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Lebanon)
Barbara
Charbel Makhlouf

{{flag|Lesotho}}

|The Immaculate Heart of Mary

{{flag|Lithuania}}

|CasimirHolweck, p. 182.
George{{Cite web|title=LK.katalikai.lt::|url=https://lk.katalikai.lt/04-23/sv-jurgis|access-date=2022-08-04|website=lk.katalikai.lt|archive-date=19 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019210817/https://lk.katalikai.lt/04-23/sv-jurgis|url-status=live}}

{{flag|Luxembourg}}

|Cunigunde of Luxemburg
Willibrord

{{flag|Macau}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
John the Baptist
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Catherine of Siena

{{flag|Madagascar}}

|Vincent de Paul

{{flag|Malaysia}}

|Francis Xavier
George

{{flag|Malta}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption and Our Lady of Victories)
Paul the Apostle
Agatha of Sicily
Publius
George (patron saint of Gozo, one of the Maltese islands)
Ursula (patron saint of Gozo since the 17th century, the second largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

{{flag|Mauritius}}

|Louis IX of France

{{flag|Mexico}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe)
Philip of Jesus
JosephWalsh, p. 14.

{{flag|Moldova}}

|George

{{flag|Monaco}}

|DevotaHolweck, p. 273.

{{flag|Mozambique}}

|Immaculate Conception

{{flagcountry|Kingdom of the Netherlands}}

|Plechelm
Willibrord

{{flag|New Caledonia}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)

{{flag|New Zealand}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
Joseph

Peter Chanel{{Cite web|title=Saint Peter Chanel patron of Aotearoa New Zealand and Oceania: Feast 28 April|url=https://www.nlo.org.nz/news-and-events/media-releases/st-peter-chanel-patron-saint-of-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-oceania-28-april/|access-date=2023-05-07|website=Liturgy NZ|language=en-NZ|archive-date=7 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507035801/https://www.nlo.org.nz/news-and-events/media-releases/st-peter-chanel-patron-saint-of-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-oceania-28-april/|url-status=live}}
George
Andrew
Patrick

{{flag|Nicaragua}}

|James the Greater
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)

{{flag|Nigeria}}

|Patrick

{{flag|North Macedonia}}

|Clement of Ohrid
Cyril and Methodius

{{flag|Norway}}

|Olaf II (known as Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae)
Magnus of Orkney

{{flag|Pakistan}}

|Francis Xavier
George

{{flag|State of Palestine}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady, Queen of Palestine)
George

{{flag|Panama}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Antigua)

{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}

|The Archangel Michael
Andrew
George
Joseph

{{flag|Paraguay}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Caacupé)
Martin of Tours

{{flag|Peru}}

|Rose of Lima
Turibius of Mogroveio
Joseph

{{flag|Philippines}}

|The Virgin Mary (as

Lorenzo Ruíz
Pedro Calungsod
Pudentiana
Rose of Lima
Santo Niño de Cebú

{{flag|Poland}}

|The Virgin Mary (as The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland and Our Lady of Częstochowa)
Adalbert of PragueWalsh, p. 17.
Stanislaus of Cracow
Stanislaus Kostka
Andrew Bobola
Jadwiga of Poland
Casimir
Hyacinth
Kinga of Poland
John of Kanty
Florian
Wenceslaus
John of Dukla
Hedwig of Silesia
Pope John Paul II

{{flag|Portugal}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Anthony of Padua
The Guardian Angel of Portugal
George

{{flag|Romania}}

|Virgin Mary
Andrew
Stephen the Great
George
Parascheva
John of Suceava

{{flag|Russia}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Derzhavnaya)
Alexander Nevsky
AndrewHolweck, p. 72.
Basil the GreatWalsh, p. 18.
Casimir
George
Joseph
Vladimir I of Kiev
Boris and Gleb
Sergius of Radonezh
Thérèse of Lisieux

{{flag|Rwanda}}

|Christ the King
Andrew
Joseph

{{flag|San Marino}}

|Marinus
Nicholas of Myra
Agatha

{{flag|Serbia}}

|Sava{{cite book|title=A History of the Balkan Peoples|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S5TAr1t6_g0C&pg=PA33|year=1971|publisher=Ardent Media|page=33|id=GGKEY: 69RCKY1X0FZ}}{{cite book|author=Jennifer Lawler|title=Encyclopedia of the Byzantine Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sEWeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA260|date=2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0929-4|page=260}}
Cyril and Methodius

{{flag|Singapore}}

|Francis Xavier
Joseph
Anna Wang

{{flag|Slovakia}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sorrows)
Cyril and Methodius

{{flag|Slovenia}}

|Joseph
Cyril and Methodius

{{flag|Solomon Islands}}

|The Archangel MichaelWalsh, p. 19.

{{flag|South Africa}}

|George
Martin of Tours

{{flag|South Sudan}}

|Josephine Bakhita

{{flag|Spain}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
James the Greater
Teresa of Ávila

{{flag|Sri Lanka}}

|Francis Xavier
Lawrence
Joseph Vaz
Thomas the Apostle
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Lanka and Our Lady of Madhu)
George

{{flag|Sudan}}

|Josephine Bakhita

{{flag|Sweden}}

|Bridget of SwedenBunson, p. 215.
Eric IX
Sigfrid of Sweden

{{flag|Switzerland}}

|Gall
Nicholas of FlueWalsh, p. 20.

{{flag|Syria}}

|Barbara

{{flag|Taiwan}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Joseph
Anna Wang

{{flag|Tanzania}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
George

{{flag|Thailand}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
Joseph

{{flag|Tunisia}}

|Cyprian of CarthageWalsh, p. 4.

{{flag|Turkey}}

|John the Apostle{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-saints.info/patron-saints/patron-saints-countries.htm|title=Patron Saints of Countries|website=www.catholic-saints.info|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-date=1 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301210804/http://www.catholic-saints.info/patron-saints/patron-saints-countries.htm|url-status=live}}
George

{{Flagicon|Uganda}} Uganda

|Uganda Martyrs{{Cite news|url=https://catholicreadings.org/catholic-quotes/saint-of-the-day-june-3-martyrs-of-uganda/|title=Saint of the Day – June 3 – Martyrs of Uganda|date=2018-06-01|work=Catholic Saint of the Day|access-date=2018-08-28|language=en-US|archive-date=29 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072129/https://catholicreadings.org/catholic-quotes/saint-of-the-day-june-3-martyrs-of-uganda/|url-status=dead}}
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Africa){{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/UG.htm|title=Catholic Church in Uganda|website=www.gcatholic.org|access-date=2018-08-28|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205044627/http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/UG.htm|url-status=live}}

{{flag|Ukraine}}

|Andrew
George
Vladimir I of Kiev
The Virgin Mary (as Protecting Veil of the Theotokos)

{{flag|Uruguay}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Thirty-Three{{Cite web|url=http://www.corazones.org/maria/america/uruguay_33.htm|title=Uruguay 33|website=www.corazones.org|access-date=26 November 2013|archive-date=20 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020003200/http://www.corazones.org/maria/america/uruguay_33.htm|url-status=live}})
James the Less
Philip the ApostleWalsh, p. 21.

{{flag|United States}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Mary of the Immaculate Conception){{Cite web|title=Patroness of the U.S.A.|url=https://udayton.edu/blogs/marianlibrary/2015-07-02-patroness-of-usa.php|access-date=2022-10-08|website=udayton.edu|language=en|archive-date=3 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203114320/https://udayton.edu/blogs/marianlibrary/2015-07-02-patroness-of-usa.php|url-status=live}}
The Archangel Michael
George
Andrew
Patrick

{{flag|Venezuela}}

|The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Coromoto)

{{flag|Vietnam}}

|Joseph
Vietnamese Martyrs

= Former countries =

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!Country !!Patron saint

{{Flag|Kingdom of Bosnia}}

|Gregory the Miracle-Worker{{cite book|author=John Van Antwerp Fine|title=The Bosnian Church: Its Place in State and Society from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rb4oAAAAYAAJ|date=January 2007|publisher=Saqi|isbn=978-0-86356-503-8|quote=This would also explain how St Gregory came to be the patron saint of Bosnia in 1461 (AB, p. 244). Thus we conclude that at least some Bosnians celebrated a family saint, the slava, and also some, like the Sankovici, honored the saints, ...}}

{{Flag|Duchy of Burgundy}}

|Andrew the Apostle

{{Flag|Czechoslovakia}}

|Adalbert of Prague
John of Nepomuk
Ludmila
Cyril and MethodiusWalsh, p. 8.
Wenceslaus

Medieval Livonia

|Theotokos

{{Flag|Duchy of Lorraine}}

|Nicholas of Myra

{{Flag|Prussia}}

|Adalbert of Prague
Dorothy of Montau
Jutta of Kulmsee
Andrew the Apostle

{{Flag|Moldavia}}

|John of Suceava

{{Flag|Kingdom of Serbia}}

|Vitus{{cite book|author1=Dennis Cove|author2=Ian Westwell|title=History of World War I.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7DR_fheHdCAC&pg=PA72|date=January 2002|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-7231-5|page=72|quote=... was scheduled for June 28. This was a significant date for both Princip the archduke. It was the day of St. Vitus, the patron saint of Serbia,}}

{{Flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|Cyril and MethodiusWalsh, p. 22.

{{Flag|Republic of Genoa}}

|Saint George

{{Flag|Duchy of Milan}}

|Saint Ambrose

{{Flag|Republic of Venice}}

|Saint Mark
Theodore{{Cite book|last=Nelson|first=Robert|title=San Marco, Byzantium, and the Myths of Venice|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection|year=2010|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=81|chapter=The History of Legends and the Legends of History}}

{{Flag|Republic of Ragusa}}

|Saint Blaise

{{Flag|Holy Roman Empire}}

|Maurice

Administrative subdivisions

Note: Patron saints are likely to be related to fixed traditional regions, and not to the changing boundaries of administrative subdivisions.

class="wikitable sortable"

! Country !! Subdivision!! width=375|Patron saint(s)

rowspan="11"|{{flag|Argentina}}

|{{flag|Buenos Aires}}

|Martin of Tours

{{flag|Buenos Aires Province}}

|Our Lady of the Rosary
Gervasius and Protasius
Mary Help of Christians
Rita of Cascia
Isidore the Laborer
Virgin of Mercy
Pope Pontian
Black Virgin of Oropa
Mary Magdalene
Joseph
Our Lady of Lourdes
Gabriel
Our Lady of the Pillar
Peter

{{flag|Córdoba}}

|Jerome

{{flag|Corrientes}}

|Our Lady of Itatí

{{flag|Misiones}}

|Joseph

{{flag|San Luis}}

|Louis IX of France

{{flag|Santa Fe}}

|Lawrence, Virgin of Mercy, Saint George, Saint Roch, John the Baptist, Our Lady of Itatí, Sacred Heart, Our Lady of the Rosary, Jerome

{{flag|Tucumán}}

|Isidore the Laborer

{{flag|Santa Cruz}}

|Mary (as Virgin of the Valley), Our Lady of the Rosary, Mary Help of Christians

{{flag|Chubut}}

|Our Lady of Guadalupe

{{Flagicon|La Rioja (Argentina)}} La Rioja

|Nicholas of Bari

rowspan="4"|{{flag|Austria}}
{{flag|Upper Austria}}Florian
{{flag|Styria}}Joseph
{{flag|Carinthia}}Joseph
rowspan="2"|{{flag|Belgium}}

|{{flag|Hainaut}}

Waltrude{{Cite web|url=http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-waltrude/|title=Saint Waltrude|website=saints.sqpn.com|access-date=26 March 2013|archive-date=21 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221052033/http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-waltrude/|url-status=live}}
{{Flag|Flanders}}

|Lutgardis, Amandus

rowspan="1"|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|{{flag|Republic of Srpska}}

Stephen
rowspan="28"|{{flag|Brazil}}
{{flag|Acre}}Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
{{flag|Alagoas}}Mary (as Our Lady of Joy)
{{flag|Amapá}}Joseph
{{flag|Amazonas}}Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
{{flag|Bahia}}Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
{{flag|Ceará}}Joseph
{{flag|Distrito Federal}}John Bosco
{{flag|Espírito Santo}}Holy Spirit
{{flag|Goiás}}Mary ( as Our Lady of Abadia)
{{flag|Maranhão}}Saint Joseph (as Saint Joseph of Ribamar)
{{flag|Mato Grosso}}Jesus Christ (as Our Lord, the Good Jesus)
{{flag|Mato Grosso do Sul}}Mary, as Our Lady of the Abbey
{{flag|Minas Gerais}}Mary (as Our Lady of Piety)
{{flag|Pará}}Mary (as Our Lady of Nazareth)
{{flag|Paraíba}}Mary (as Our Lady of Snows)
{{flag|Paraná}}Mary (as Our Lady of Rocio)
{{flag|Pernambuco}}Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
{{flag|Piauí}}Mary (as Our Lady of Victory)
{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}Sebastian
{{flag|Rio Grande do Norte}}Saint Martyrs of Cunhaú and Uruaçu
{{flag|Rio Grande do Sul}}Peter
{{flag|Rondônia}}Mary (as Our Lady of Nazareth)
{{flag|Roraima}}Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
{{flag|Santa Catarina}}Catherine of Alexandria
{{flag|São Paulo}}Paul
{{flag|Sergipe}}Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
{{flag|Tocantins}}Mary (as Our Lady of Nativity)
rowspan="3"|{{flag|Canada}}

|{{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador}}

John the Baptist
{{flag|Nova Scotia}}Ninian
{{flag|Quebec}}Anne
John the Baptist
rowspan="1"|{{flag|Croatia}}

|{{flag|Dalmatia}}

Blaise
rowspan="2"|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|{{flag|Bohemia}}

Wenceslaus, Ludmila, Vitus, Adalbert of Prague, Agnes of Bohemia, Procopius, Sigismund of Burgundy, Norbert of Xanten, Joseph, John of Nepomuk
{{flag|Moravia}}Cyril and Methodius, Wenceslaus, Jan Sarkander
rowspan="6"|{{flag|France}}

|{{flag|Alsace}}

Odile of Alsace
{{flag|Auvergne}}Gerald Aurillac
{{flag|Brittany}}Dedicated:
Anna, Ivo of Kermartin
Seven Founders:
Corentin of Cornwall
Tudwal of Landreger
Pol-Aorelian of Leon,
Padarn of Gwened
Samson of Dol
Brioc
Malo.
{{flag|Corsica}}Julia of Corsica, Devota, Alexander Sauli
{{flag|Île-de-France}} (Paris)Denis, Genevieve
{{flag|Lorraine}}Saint Nicholas, Joan of Arc
rowspan="2"|{{flag|Germany}}

|{{flag|Bavaria}}

St. Mary Patroness of Bavaria (feast on 1 May)
St. Rupert and St. Emmeram (Bavaria proper)
St. Kilian and St. Sebaldus (Franconia)
St. Hedwig of Andechs
{{flag|Saxony}}Willehad of Bremen
rowspan="12"|{{flag|Greece}}

|Aegina

Saint Nectarios
CephaloniaSaint Gerasimos
ChiosSaint Markella
CreteSaint Titus
CorfuSaint Spyridon, Saint Arsenius of Corfu
EuboeaSaint Paraskevi
LaconiaSaint Nikon the Metanoeite
PatmosSaint John the Theologian
RhodesSaint Phanourios
SkyrosSaint George
TinosSaint Pelagia, Mary (as Our Lady of Tinos)
ZakynthosSaint Dionysios of Zakynthos
rowspan="1"|{{flag|Indonesia}}

|Borneo

Francis Xavier{{cite encyclopedia|title=Patron Saints|encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia|date=1911|last=Parkinson|first= Henry|publisher=Robert Appleton Company|volume=11|location=New York|editor-last=Herbermann|editor-first=Charles G|editor-link=Charles George Herbermann|url=https://archive.org/details/catholicencyclop11herbuoft|access-date=2022-03-10|pages=562{{ndash}}567}}
rowspan="4"|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{flag|Cremona}}

Homobonus
{{flag|Lombardy}}Charles Borromeo
{{flag|Piedmont}}Saint Maurice
{{flag|Sicily}}Andrew Avellino, Nicholas of Myra, Rosalia
rowspan="1"|{{Flag|Kenya}}NyeriIrene Stefani
rowspan="2"|{{flag|Lebanon}}

|North Lebanon

Awtel
South LebanonChristina of Bolsena
rowspan="4"|{{Flag|Malaysia}}{{flag|Penang}}Anne
Francis Xavier
{{flag|Malacca}}Francis Xavier
{{flag|Sabah}}
{{flag|Labuan}}
Joseph
Mary (Our Lady of Mount Kinabalu)
{{flag|Sarawak}}Joseph
rowspan="2"|{{flag|Mexico}}

|Chihuahua

Our Lady of La Soledad de Parral
VeracruzRafael Guizar y Valencia
rowspan="9"|{{flag|Philippines}}

|{{flag|Albay}}

Mary (Our Lady of Salvation)
BatangasSaint Joseph, Our Lady of Caysasay
Bicol (region)Mary (as Our Lady of Peñafrancia)
{{flag|Cagayan}}Mary (Our Lady of Piat)
{{flag|Laguna}}James the Apostle
{{flag|Pampanga}}Mary (as Virgen de los Remedios)
{{flag|Quezon}}Isidore the Laborer
{{flag|Rizal}}Mary (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage), Clement of Rome
Western Visayas (region)Mary (as Our Lady of Candelaria)
rowspan="4"|{{flag|Portugal}}

|Lisbon

Saint Vincent, Saint Anthony, Mary (as Saint Mary Major)
OportoMary (as Nossa Senhora de Vandoma, Our Lady of Assumption), Saint John
CoimbraSaint Augustine, Saint Elizabeth, Thomas of Villanova
BragaSaint Martin of Braga, Saint Gerald, Mary (as Our Lady of Assumption), Saint John
rowspan="1"|{{flag|Russia}}

|{{flag|Kaliningrad Oblast}}

Adalbert of Prague
rowspan="1"|{{flag|Serbia}}

|{{flag|Vojvodina}}

Cyril and Methodius
rowspan="16"|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{flag|Andalusia}}

John of Avila, Virgin of Hope of Macarena
{{flag|Aragon}}Our Lady of the Pillar, Agathoclia, Braulio, George
{{flag|Asturias}}Our Lady of Covadonga
{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Castile.svg}} CastileEmilian of Cogolla
{{flag|Canary Islands}}Our Lady of Candelaria, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
{{flag|Cantabria}}Our Lady of Aparecida,
{{flag|Catalonia}}George, Virgin of Montserrat
{{flag|Ceuta}}Our Lady of Africa
{{flag|Euskadi}}Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Prudence
{{flag|Extremadura}}Our Lady of Guadalupe, John the Baptist
{{flag|Galicia}}James the Greater
{{Flagicon|La Rioja (Spain)}} La RiojaOur Lady of Valvanera
{{flag|Leonese Country|León}}Marcellus of Tangier
{{flag|Madrid}}Isidore the Laborer, Virgin of Almudena
{{flag|Navarre}}Fermin, Francis Xavier, Saturnin, Santa María the Royal of Pamplona, Raymond of Penyafort
{{flag|Valencia}}Vincent Ferrer, Our Lady of the Forsaken
rowspan="29" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}

†Crown dependencies

|{{flag|England}}

George
Gregory the Great
Augustine of Canterbury
Edmund the Martyr
Edward the Confessor
Michael the Archangel
Our Lady of Walsingham
{{flag|Berkshire}}Birinus{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}
{{flag|Cornwall}}Piran, Michael the Archangel, Petroc{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}
{{flag|Devon}}Boniface
{{flag|Dorset}}

|Wite{{Cite web |last=Stiles |first=Helen |date=2022-06-01 |title=Dorset Day: Who was Saint Wite? |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/dorset/22564252.dorset-day-saint-wite/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Great British Life |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105142117/https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/dorset/22564252.dorset-day-saint-wite/ |url-status=live }}

{{flag|East Anglia}}Edmund the Martyr; Suffolk
{{flag|Essex}}Cedd
The English FensGuthlac{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}
{{flag|Herefordshire}}Dubricius{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}
{{flag|Kent}}Augustine of Canterbury
{{flag|London}}Saint Paul
{{flag|Mercia}}Chad of Mercia, Bertelin,Patron saint of Stafford, formerly Bethnei, circa early 6th century, Prince of Mercia, Anglo Saxon follower of Christ, Holy man. See earlier notes Church of Saint Bertelin Stafford Alban
{{flag|Northumbria}}Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Oswald
{{flag|Sussex}}Richard of Chichester, Wilfrid
{{flag|Wessex}}Aldhelm, Swithun
{{flag|West Riding of Yorkshire}}Wilfrid
{{flag|Wiltshire}}Osmund
{{flag|Northern Ireland}}Saint Patrick (also see Ireland (above))
{{flag|Scotland}}Andrew the Apostle, Margaret of Scotland, Columba, Palladius
BarraFinbarr
EiggDonnán
GallowayNinian
LennoxKessog
{{flag|Orkney}}Magnus
{{flag|Wales}}David
{{flag|Gibraltar}} (territory)Bernard of Clairvaux,Holweck, p. 154. Mary (as Our Lady of Europe)
{{flag|Guernsey}}†Samson of Dol{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles/2008/03/19/patron_saint_st_sampson_feature.shtml|title=Who is Guernsey's patron saint?|last=BBC|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=25 December 2019|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211143618/https://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles/2008/03/19/patron_saint_st_sampson_feature.shtml|url-status=live}}
{{flag|Isle of Man}}†Maughold{{Cite web|url=https://www.bartleby.com/210/4/252.html|title=Saint Macull, of Ireland, Confessor. April 25. Rev. Alban Butler. 1866. Volume IV: April. The Lives of the Saints|website=www.bartleby.com|date=12 January 2023|access-date=17 October 2021|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211142930/https://www.bartleby.com/210/4/252.html|url-status=live}}
{{flag|Jersey}}†Helier{{cite web|url=http://orthochristian.com/110332.html|title=Dmitry Lapa. Two Saints of the Channel Islands: Helier and Branwalader|website=OrthoChristian.Com|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211142931/https://orthochristian.com/110332.html|url-status=live}}
rowspan="51"|{{flag|United States}}

|{{flag|Alabama}}

Our Lady of the Gulf{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=George|date=2019-06-12|title=Did You Know? The Patron Saints for All 50 States|url=https://ucatholic.com/blog/did-you-know-the-patron-saints-for-all-50-states/|access-date=2022-10-08|website=uCatholic|language=en-US|archive-date=27 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127063300/https://ucatholic.com/blog/did-you-know-the-patron-saints-for-all-50-states/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Tiblis|first=Laurence|date=2021-01-22|title=United States of Mary|url=https://miraculousmedal.org/the-message-spring-2021/the-united-states-of-mary/|access-date=2023-05-07|website=The Miraculous Medal Shrine|language=en-US|archive-date=7 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507090516/https://miraculousmedal.org/the-message-spring-2021/the-united-states-of-mary/|url-status=live}}
{{flag|Alaska}}St. Herman of Alaska, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Our Lady of the Kodiak and the Islands
{{flag|Arizona}}Our Lady of the Highways
{{flag|Arkansas}}Our Lady of the Holy Souls
{{flag|California}}St. Junipero Serra, Our Lady of the Refuge, Our Lady of the Wayside
{{flag|Colorado}}St. Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
{{flag|Connecticut}}Notre Dame of Easton
{{flag|Delaware}}Our Lady of Mercy
{{flag|Florida}}Our Lady of La Leche
{{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}}Immaculate Heart of Mary
{{flag|Hawaii}}Father Damien, St. Marianne Cope, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Our Lady Queen of Peace
{{flag|Idaho}}Our Lady of Limerick
{{flag|Illinois}}Our Lady of the Universe
{{flag|Indiana}}St. Théodore Guérin, Our Lady of Providence
{{flag|Iowa}}Mary of Nazareth
{{flag|Kansas}}Mary Queen of Angels
{{flag|Kentucky}}Mary Mother of God
{{flag|Louisiana}}Our Lady of Prompt Succor
{{flag|Maine}}Our Lady of Peace
{{flag|Maryland}}St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Our Lady of the Assumption
{{flag|Massachusetts}}St. Patrick, Our Lady of the Incarnation
{{flag|Michigan}}Our Lady Gate of Heaven
{{flag|Minnesota}}Our Lady Mother of the Church
{{flag|Mississippi}}Our Lady of Sorrows
{{flag|Missouri}}Our Lady of Calvary
{{flag|Montana}}Our Lady of the Pines
{{flag|Nebraska}}Our Lady of the Presentation
{{flag|Nevada}}Our Lady of Las Vegas
{{flag|New Hampshire}}Our Lady of Perpetual Help
{{flag|New Jersey}}Our Lady of Fatima
{{flag|New Mexico}}Our Lady of Guadalupe
{{flag|New York}}St. Nicholas, Our Lady Help of Christians
{{flag|North Carolina}}Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
{{flag|North Dakota}}Mary Queen of Peace
{{flag|Ohio}}Our Lady of Consolation
{{flag|Oklahoma}}Our Lady, Queen of all Saints
{{flag|Oregon}}Our Lady of the Woods
{{flag|Pennsylvania}}Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
{{flag|Puerto Rico}}Our Lady of Providence{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Jim|title=Our Lady of Divine Providence: patroness of Puerto Rico|url=https://www.thefloridacatholic.org/dioceses/miami/our-lady-of-divine-providence-patroness-of-puerto-rico/article_ae1235bc-4623-11ec-85fc-7f5165c79ab7.html|website=Florida Catholic|access-date=7 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115165004/https://www.thefloridacatholic.org/dioceses/miami/our-lady-of-divine-providence-patroness-of-puerto-rico/article_ae1235bc-4623-11ec-85fc-7f5165c79ab7.html|archive-date=2021-11-15|language=en|date=2021-11-15|url-status=live}}
{{flag|Rhode Island}}Our Lady of Mount Carmel
{{flag|South Carolina}}Mary the Virgin Mother
{{flag|South Dakota}}Our Lady of the Prairie
{{flag|Tennessee}}Our Lady of Lourdes
{{flag|Texas}}Our Lady of the Annunciation
{{flag|Utah}}Our Lady of the Snows
{{flag|Vermont}}Our Lady of Grace
{{flag|Virginia}}Our Lady Queen of the Apostles
{{flag|Washington}}Our Lady of Good Help
{{flag|West Virginia}}Our Lady of Victory
{{flag|Wisconsin}}Our Lady of the Americas
{{flag|Wyoming}}Our Lady of the Valley

Cities and towns

=Argentina=

=Australia=

=Austria=

=Azerbaijan=

  • Baku {{ndash}} Bartholomew the Apostle{{Cite web|title=24 iyun – Bakı şəhərinin səmavi qoruyucusu Həvari Varfolomeyin Xatirə Günü|url=https://az.pravoslavie.az/news/?id=13833|website=pravoslavie.az|access-date=27 September 2023|archive-date=24 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524002524/https://az.pravoslavie.az/news/?id=13833|url-status=dead}}

=Bangladesh=

=Belgium=

=Bosnia and Herzegovina=

=Brazil=

=Canada=

=Colombia=

=Croatia=

=Cuba=

=Czech Republic=

=Denmark=

=Ecuador=

=Egypt=

=France=

=Germany=

=Greece=

=Haiti=

=Honduras=

=Hungary=

=India=

=Ireland=

=Italy=

=Kenya=

  • Kisumu {{ndash}} Thérèse of Lisieux

=Lebanon=

=Lithuania=

=Madagascar=

=Malta=

=Mexico=

=Montenegro=

=Netherlands=

=Nicaragua=

  • Managua {{ndash}} Theophilus of Antioch

=Norway=

=Peru=

=Philippines=

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=Poland=

=Portugal=

=Romania=

=Russia=

=Rwanda=

=Serbia=

  • Belgrade {{ndash}} Jesus (as the Holy Saviour),{{cite book|author=Michael Schuman|title=Serbia and Montenegro|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SH5b6UrjXUC&pg=PA83|date=14 May 2014|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-2252-6|pages=83–}} Demetrius,{{cite book|author=Thomas J. Craughwell|title=Saints Preserved|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQblhT1XtkMC&pg=PA73|date=12 July 2011|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-59074-9|pages=73–}} Theophilus of Antioch
  • Sremska Mitrovica {{ndash}} Demetrius{{cite book|author=Hellēnikē Hetaireia Slavikōn Meletōn|title=Thessaloniki, Magna Moravia: proceedings of the International conference, Thessaloniki, 16–19 october 1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnCgAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Hellenic Association for Slavic Studies|isbn=9789608595934}} and Methodius
  • Kragujevac {{ndash}} George
  • Leskovac {{ndash}} Holy Trinity
  • Niš {{ndash}} Procopius{{cite web|url=http://www.nisandbyzantium.org.rs/manastiri_i_crkve_grada_nisa/engleski/ST%20PROCOPIUS.html|title=St. Procopius|access-date=2 March 2017|archive-date=6 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206145604/http://www.nisandbyzantium.org.rs/manastiri_i_crkve_grada_nisa/engleski/ST%20PROCOPIUS.html|url-status=live}}
  • Novi Sad {{ndash}} George
  • Prizren {{ndash}} George
  • Arilje {{ndash}} Achillius
  • Požarevac {{ndash}} Holy Trinity
  • Svilajnac {{ndash}} Constantine, Helena

=Slovakia=

=Slovenia=

=South Africa=

=Spain=

=Sri Lanka=

=Sweden=

=Syria=

=Tanzania=

=Turkey=

=Ukraine=

=United Kingdom=

=United States=

=Venezuela=

Extraterrestrial locations

{{see also|Religion in space}}

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! Location !! Patron saint !! Notes

Outer space

|Joseph of Cupertino

|Because of his ability to levitate, Joseph of Cupertino is the patron saint of astronauts.{{cite web|url=https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/faith-and-character/a-patron-saint-for-astronauts.html|title=A Patron Saint for Astronauts|last=Craughwell|first=Thomas|website=catholiceducation.org|date=18 September 2007|access-date=5 May 2022|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005082120/https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/faith-and-character/a-patron-saint-for-astronauts.html|url-status=live}}

Moon

|Mary, mother of Jesus

|Mary is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando,{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandodiocese.org/our-diocese/our-diocese-about-us/|title=About Us|website=Diocese of Orlando, Florida|access-date=5 May 2022|quote=Mary, the Mother of God, is the patroness of the Diocese of Orlando and we seek her intercession so that our efforts to share the Good News of Jesus Christ, form leaders, harmonize ministries and enkindle deeper faith will be blessed by God.|archive-date=15 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215040220/https://www.orlandodiocese.org/our-diocese/our-diocese-about-us/|url-status=live}} which Bishop William Donald Borders claimed included the moon due to a technicality in the 1917 Code of Canon Law which supposedly expanded the diocese's territory to include the moon following the flight of Apollo 11.{{cite web|url=https://cruxnow.com/uncategorized/2019/07/did-apollo-11-mission-make-orlandos-founding-bishop-the-bishop-of-moon|title=Did Apollo 11 mission make Orlando's founding bishop the bishop of moon?|last=Gunty|first=Christopher|date=20 July 2019|website=Crux|access-date=5 May 2022|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211142938/https://cruxnow.com/uncategorized/2019/07/did-apollo-11-mission-make-orlandos-founding-bishop-the-bishop-of-moon|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandodiocese.org/remembering-the-bishop-of-the-moon-2/|title=Remembering the Bishop of the Moon|last=Bennett|first=Renae|website=Diocese of Orlando, Florida|access-date=5 May 2022|archive-date=27 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627210820/https://www.orlandodiocese.org/remembering-the-bishop-of-the-moon-2/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://aleteia.org/2018/08/03/yes-the-moon-has-its-own-catholic-bishop/|title=Yes, the moon has its own Catholic bishop|last=Mauro|first=J-P|date=3 August 2018|website=Aleteia.org|access-date=5 May 2022|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211142929/https://aleteia.org/2018/08/03/yes-the-moon-has-its-own-catholic-bishop/|url-status=live}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

  • {{cite book|last =Holweck|first =Frederick G.|title =A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints|publisher =B. Herder|year =1924|ref=Holweck}}
  • {{cite book|editor-last =Bunson|editor-first =Matthew|title =Our Sunday Visitor's 2012 Catholic Almanac|publisher =Our Sunday Visitor|year =2012|isbn =9781592760770|ref =Bunson|url =https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781592760770}}
  • {{cite book|editor-last =Walsh|editor-first =Michael|title =Butler's Lives of Patron Saints|publisher =Harper & Row|year =1987|isbn =0060692626|ref =Walsh|url =https://archive.org/details/butlerslivesofpa00butl}}
  • www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120814.cfm
  • {{Cite web|url=https://cssmcqs.com/who-is-the-national-saint-of-pakistan/|title=Who is the National Saint of Pakistan?|date=20 November 2020}}

Places

Category:Lists of saints by place