Patron saints of ethnic groups explained

Europe

St. John of Ávila,[1] Virgin of Hope of Macarena.

St. Leopold the Good,[2] Saint Joseph.

St. Ignatius of Loyola.[3]

St. Elijah.[4]

St.Ivo of Kermartin.

St. John of Rila.

Our Lady of Candelaria,[5] St. Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur.[6]

St. George.[7]

St. Piran, St Petroc.

St. Joseph.[8]

St. Wenceslas.[9]

St. Canute.

St. Willibrord.[10]

St. George; Our Lady of Walsingham; Edward the Confessor; Edward the Martyr; Michael the Archangel.

St. Henry bishop of Finland.

St. Joan of Arc;[11] St. Denis, St. Martin of Tours.

Saint Walpurga.

St Columba, St. Brigid of Kildare

St. James the Great.

Archangel Michael.[12]

St. Nicholas.[13]

Barnabas, and Lazarus of Bethany.

St. Stephen of Hungary.[14]

St. Patrick,[11] St Bridget.

St. Francis of Assisi and St. Catherine of Siena.[15]

St. Casimir.

St. Clement of Ohrid.[16]

St. Paul.[17]

St. Maughold.

St. Devota.

St. Olaf.

St. Stanislaus Kostka.[11] St. Andrew Bobola.[11]

St. Anthony of Padua,[18] Our Lady of Fatima.

St. Andrew.

Saint Sarah,[19] Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla.[20]

St. Andrew,[21] St. Nicholas.[22]

St. Antiochus of Sulcis, Our Lady of Bonaria

St. Andrew.[11] St. Margaret, St. Columba

St. Sava,[23] Stefan Nemanja.[22]

Agatha of Sicily, Saint Rosalia.

St. James the Great.[24]

Virgin of Hope of Macarena,[25] Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla.

St. Bridget.

Vladimir the Great.[26]

Saint Michael the Archangel.[27]

St. David.

Africa

St. Cyprian.[28] [29]

St. Mark.[30]

St. Anthony of Padua.[31]

St. Cyprian.[32]

Vincent de Paul.

Asia

St. Sergius and Bacchus.[33]

St. Gregory the Illuminator.[34]

St. Ephrem the Syrian,[35] St. Zayya, Saint Mari, Addai of Edessa.[36]

Our Lady of Peñafrancia.

Saint Joseph.[37]

Jethro,[38] Elijah[39] or St. George (identified as Al-Khidr).[40]

St. George.[41]

Francis Xavier.[42]

Francis Xavier.[43]

James the Just.[44]

Saint Joseph.[45]

St. Maron.[46]

Virgen de los Remedios de Pampanga.

Saint George.[47]

St. Charbel Makhlouf, Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Nimatullah Kassab.[48]

Saint George.[49]

Our Lady of Manaoag.[50]

Addai of Edessa, Saint Mari.[36]

Francis Xavier.

Saint George.[51]

Saint Thomas the Apostle.[52]

John the Apostle.[53] [54]

Saint Joseph.[55]

America

Saint Benedict the Moor.[56]

Virgen de Copacabana.[59]

Our Lady of Aparecida.[60]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, Peter Claver.[61]

Virgen de los Ángeles.[62]

Our Lady of Charity.[63] [64] [59]

Virgin of Altagracia,[65] Saint Dominic.

Mariana de Jesús de Paredes.[59]

the Immaculate Conception, (unofficial:) Our Lady of America.

Our Lady of the Rosary.[59]

Our Lady of Perpetual Help.[67]

Our Lady of Suyapa.[59]

St. Juan Diego.

Immaculate Conception.[59]

Virgen de la Antigua.[59]

Our Lady of Caacupé.[59]

Lord of Miracles,[59] Rose of Lima.

St. John the Baptist,[71] Our Lady of Providence.

Virgin of the Thirty-Three.[59]

Our Lady of Coromoto,[72] José Gregorio Hernández.

Oceania

Mary MacKillop, Our Lady Help of Christians[73]

Father Damien, Malia O Ka Malu (Our Lady of Peace)

Our Lady Help of Christians

Santa María de Rapa Nui (Our Lady of Rapa Nui)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Wilke . J. C. . Catholic University of America . New Catholic Encyclopedia. John of Avila, St. . 2d . 2003 . Gale . Washington, D.C.. 7 (Hol–Jub) . 0-7876-4004-2. 446–449.
  2. Book: G. Jestice, Phyllis . Holy People of the World: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia. 2004. 9781576073551. 509. ABC-CLIO. St. Leopold has been a symbol of Austria's Catholic identity. Leopold is a patron saint of Austria, and Austrians still celebrate his feast day on November 15 with great pomp..
  3. Book: Gloria Pílar Totoricagüena. Boise Basques: Dreamers And Doers. 1 June 2004. Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno. 978-1-877802-37-9.
  4. Web site: Sveti Ilija - zaštitnik Bosne i Hercegovine . vecernji.ba . 21 July 2012 . 2 July 2013. hr.
  5. http://corazones.org/maria/candelaria.htm Patrona del archipiélago Canario
  6. News: Vilaflor solicita que el Hermano Pedro sea copatrón de Canarias. 23 April 2022. Diario de Avisos. es. 13 December 2023.
  7. Book: Hargreaves, John . Freedom for Catalonia?: Catalan Nationalism, Spanish Identity and the Barcelona Olympic Games. 2000. 9780521586153. 90. Cambridge University Press.
  8. Web site: Hrvatski sabor - Povijest. www.sabor.hr . 2018-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20180306022924/http://www.sabor.hr/sv-josip-zastitnik-hrvatske-domovine. 2018-03-06. dead.
  9. Book: Spilling, Michael . Czech Republic: Cultures of the World (Third Edition). 2018. 9781502636379. 25. Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC..
  10. Book: Reid, Andrew . Luxembourg: the Clog-Shaped Duchy: A Chronological History of Luxembourg from the Celts to the Present Day. 2005. 9781467009836. 8. Cavendish Square Publishing.
  11. Book: A Roof Over Our Heads and Food On the Table. 26 November 2010. PublishAmerica. 978-1-4560-7374-9. 18–. Each ethnic group contained its patron saint. Saint Patrick overlooked his Irish fl ock; Saint Joan of Arc watched over her fellow French; Saint Anthony of Padua looked after his Italians; Saint Stanislaus Kostka was in charge of his fellow Poles;.
  12. Book: Nobuo, Tajima . Mutual Perceptions and Images in Japanese-German Relations, 1860-2010. 2017. 9789004345423. 34. BRILL. archangel Michael, the patron saint of the German people.
  13. Web site: Greece . St. Nicholas Center . 12 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131212080429/http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/greece/ . 12 December 2013 . live .
  14. Web site: Diós . István . Szent István király [King Saint Stephen] ]. A szentek élete [Lives of Saints] . Szent István Társulat . 18 August 2013.
  15. Web site: Gregory Dipippo. Ss Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, Patron Saints of Italy.
  16. Book: Melton, J. Gordon. Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations, 1. 2011. 9781598842050. 216. ABC-CLIO.
  17. Book: Hughes-Freeland, Felicia . Recasting Ritual: Performance, Media, Identity. 2003. 9781134739875. 68. Routledge. This centrality of St Paul in the historical account of the Maltese people means that he is not only the local patron of St Paul's parish, but also the national patron saint..
  18. Book: Cooper O’Boyle, Donna-Marie . Our Lady's Message: To Three Shepherd Children and the World. 2017. 9781622824564. 49. Sophia Institute Press. It was the feast of St. Anthony, the beloved patron saint of the Portuguese people.
  19. Bart McDowell, Gypsies: Wanderers of the World, pp. 38–57.
  20. https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/migrants/documents/rc_pc_migrants_doc_20000601_noma_santi_en.html "Patron Saint of the Rom and Sinti", Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
  21. Book: Lanzi, Gioia . Saints and Their Symbols: Recognizing Saints in Art and in Popular Images. 2004. 9780814629703. 62. Liturgical Press.
  22. Book: Stefan, V. Alexander . Albert Einstein: The Son-in-law of the Serbs (the Yugoslavs). 2017. 9781622824564. 148. Stefan University Press. Two Orthodox-Christian Slavic nations have their own nation-patron-saints: St. Stefan is the patron saint of the Serbs and St. Nicholas, the patron saint of the Russians..
  23. Book: Butler's Saint for the Day. 15 May 2007. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4411-4862-9. 21–.
  24. Book: A. Crow, John . Spain, Third Edition: The Root and the Flower: An Interpretation of Spain and the Spanish People. 2005. 9780520244962. 84. University of California Press.
  25. Web site: ABC SEVILLA (Sevilla) - 30/05/1964, p. 59 - ABC.es Hemeroteca. hemeroteca.sevilla.abc.es. October 5, 2019.
  26. Book: Thomson, Ashley . The Handbook of Canadian Boarding Schools. 1999. 9781770700901. 249. Dundurn.
  27. Book: De Vries, André . Brussels: A Cultural and Literary History. 2003. 9781902669472. 66. Signal Books.
  28. Book: Lanzi, Fernando . Saints and Their Symbols: Recognizing Saints in Art and in Popular Images. 2004. 9780814629703. 80. Liturgical Press. Cyprian von Karthago. This bishop of Carthage was one of the most important saints of Christian Africa in the third century; he is patron of North Africa and the Berbers..
  29. Book: Dupont, Anthony . The Bible in Christian North Africa: Part I: Commencement to the Confessiones of Augustine (ca. 180 to 400 CE). 2020. 9781614516491. 194. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
  30. Book: Lewis, Agnes Smith . Through Cyprus. 2008. 9780884022848. 65. University of Michigan Press. St. Mark is the patron saint of the Copts..
  31. Book: I. Case, Frederick . The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions: Volume 1: A - L; Volume 2: M - Z. 2013. 9780252094330. 660. University of Illinois Press. He is syncretized with Saint Anthony of Padua, who is considered the protector of the Kongo people..
  32. Book: The Bible in Christian North Africa: Part I: Commencement to the Confessiones of Augustine (ca. 180 to 400 CE). Anthony. Dupont. Jonathan . Yates. 2020. 9781614519263. 80. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
  33. Book: Shahîd, Irfan . Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century. 1995. 9780884022848. 2002. Dumbarton Oaks.
  34. Book: Jacob G. Ghazarian. The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia During the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins, 1080-1393. 2000. Psychology Press. 978-0-7007-1418-6. 23–.
  35. Web site: Syriacs: Aramaic roots and Christian blooms. 10 March 2020.
  36. January 2019 . Saint Who? Saints Addai and Mari . . Magnificat USA . 20 . 12 . 76 . subscription .
  37. Book: Mungello, D. E. . The Spirit and the Flesh in Shandong, 1650–1785. 2001. 9781461645672. 135. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  38. Book: Israeli, Raphael . Peace is in the Eye of the Beholder. 2009. 9783110852479. 244. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. Nabi Shu'eib, biblical Jethro, is the patron saint of the Druze..
  39. Book: Fukasawa, Katsumi. Religious Interactions in Europe and the Mediterranean World: Coexistence and Dialogue from the 12th to the 20th Centuries. 2017. 9781351722179. 310. Taylor & Francis.
  40. Book: Scruton, Roger. Perictione in Colophon: Reflections on the Aesthetic Way of Life. 2000. 9781890318598. VII. University of Michigan Press.
  41. Book: David Scott Fox. Saint George: the saint with three faces. 1 January 1983. Kensal Press. 978-0-946041-13-8. 120.
  42. Book: Suhas Awchat, Deepa . The Goa Portuguesa Cookbook. 2009. 9788179914823. 7. Popular Prakashan.
  43. Book: B. Minahan, James . The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems [2 volumes]. 2009. 9780313344978. 68. ABC-CLIO.
  44. Book: Carrington, Phillip . The Early Christian Church: Volume 2, The Second Christian Century, 2. 1957. 9780521045827. 12. Cambridge University Press. James the Just, the patron saint of the Jewish Christians.
  45. Book: B. Minahan, James . The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems [2 volumes]. 2009. 9780313344978. 86. ABC-CLIO.
  46. Book: Zwicker Kerr, Ann. Come with Me from Lebanon: An American Family Odyssey. 1996. 9780815604341. 138. Syracuse University Press.
  47. Book: History Project, Christian . By this Sign: A.D. 250 to 350 : from the Decian Persecution to the Constantine Era. 2003. 9780968987322. 44. Christian History Project. St. George is also the patron saint of Lebanese and Palestinian Christians..
  48. Book: Panagakos, Anastasia . Religious Diversity Today: Experiencing Religion in the Contemporary World [3 volumes]: Experiencing Religion in the Contemporary World. 2015. 9781440833328. 100. ABC-CLIO.
  49. Book: Melton, J. Gordon. Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. 2021. 9781598842050. 334. ABC-CLIO. He is also the patron saint of the Palestinian Christian community..
  50. Book: James Minahan. Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia. 2012. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-59884-659-1. 244–.
  51. Book: S. Hassan, Wail . Immigrant Narratives: Orientalism and Cultural Translation in Arab American and Arab British Literature. 2014. 9780199354979. 83. Oxford University Press. There are several examples of this: “Besides being the patron saint of England and of the Christians of Syria..
  52. Web site: Patron Saints of Countries. 10 May 2015.
  53. Book: P. Foley, Michael . Drinking with Your Patron Saints: The Sinner's Guide to Honoring Namesakes and Protectors. 2020. 9781684510474. 150. Simon and Schuster. John is a patron saint of Asia Minor and Turkey and Turks because of his missionary work there..
  54. Book: M. Limberis, Vasiliki . Architects of Piety: The Cappadocian Fathers and the Cult of the Martyrs. 2011. 9780190208684. 164. Oxford University Press.
  55. Book: B. Minahan, James . The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems [2 volumes]. 2009. 9780313344978. 204. ABC-CLIO.
  56. http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1342 Foley O.F.M., Leonard. "St. Benedict the African", Saint of the Day, (revised by Pat McCloskey O.F.M.), Franciscan Media
  57. Book: Polydoxy: Theology of Multiplicity and Relation. Laurel. Schneider. Catherine . Keller. 2010. 9781136899546. 200. Routledge. Claver was very sympathetic toward the enslaved Africans and is still heralded as a patron saint among many Afro-Caribbean Catholic communities..
  58. Book: Argentina: A Primary Source Cultural Guide. Rose. McCarthy. Theodore. Link. 2003. 9780823939978. 54. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc..
  59. Book: Latino Immigrants and the Transformation of the U.S. South. Elaine . Cantrell Lacy. Mary. E. Odem. 2009. 9780820329680. 122. University of Georgia Press.
  60. Book: A. Galván, Javier . Modern Brazil: Understanding Modern Nations. 2020. 9781440860324. 144. ABC-CLIO.
  61. Magdalena Vences Vidal, La Virgen de Chiquinquirá, Colombia, 2008, Museo de la Basílica de Guadalupe, coll=Estudios en torno de arte vol. 2, pp.36f.
  62. Book: A. Rankin, Monica . The History of Costa Rica :Greenwood histories of the modern nations. 2012. 9780313379444. 26. ABC-CLIO.
  63. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cuba-celebrates-our-lady-charity-islands-patron-saint-n198396 "Cuba Celebrates Our Lady Of Charity, Island's Patron Saint", NBC News, September 8, 2014
  64. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/09/22/why-the-iconic-virgin-of-charity-means-so-much-to-cubans-and-pope-francis/ Montgomery, David. "Why the iconic Virgin of Charity means so much to Cubans and Pope Francis", The Washington Post, September 22, 2015
  65. Book: Froner, Nancy. One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First Century. 1989. 9780231535137. 229. Columbia University Press. the Virgin of Altagracia, the patron saint of the Dominican people..
  66. Book: J. Brault, Gerard. The French-Canadian Heritage in New England. 1989. 9780874513592. 29. UPNE. Declared the patron saint of the French Canadians by Pope Pius X in 1908, John the Baptist had been honored during the French regime with religious ceremonies and also with bonfires associated with the summer solstice..
  67. Book: Stepick, Alex . Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith: Haitian Religion in Miami. 2013. 9780814777084. 92. New York University Press.
  68. Book: Curtis, William . Fodor's Spain. 2004. 9781400012701. 232. University of Michigan Press. the Virgen del Pilar, the patron saint not only of peninsular Spain but of the entire Hispanic world..
  69. Book: J. Sindima, Harvey . The French-Canadian Heritage in New England. 2008. 9780820426853. 207. Peter Lang. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patron Saint of Mexico and Mexican American..
  70. Book: Thomas Tucker, Phillip . Emily D. West and the "Yellow Rose of Texas" Myth. 2014. 9780786474493. 178. McFarland. Our Lady of Guadalupe was the Indian Virgin Mary, the revered patron saint of the Mexican people..
  71. Book: Banting, Erinn . Puerto Rico - The People and the Culture. 2003. 9780778793342. 16. Crabtree Publishing Company.
  72. Book: J. Morse, Kimberly. The Americas: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society [2 volumes]. 2020. 9781440852398. 957. ABC-CLIO.
  73. Web site: Staff Writers . 2013-01-24 . St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Named Second Patron of Australia . 2023-03-19 . The Catholic Weekly . en-AU.

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