Patron saints of places explained

This is a list of patron saints of places by nation, region, and town or city. If a place is not listed here, it may be listed in "Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary".

Continents

Continent	Patron saint	class=unsortable	Notes
Asia	Francis Xavier^[1]	John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent.^[2] ^[3]
Africa	Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa	Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent.^[4]
The Americas	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe)^[5] ^[6] Rose of Lima (Rosa de Lima)^[7] Óscar Romero Herman of Alaska^[8]
Antarctica	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Snows)^[9] John Bosco^[10]
Europe	Benedict of Nursia^[11] Cyril and Methodius^[12] ^[13] Bridget of Sweden Catherine of Siena Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)	Benedict of Nursia is the main patron saint,^[14] the others are considered co-patrons.^[15] The Virgin Mary (It is believed the whole of Europe was granted protection under Our Lady of Europe in the 14th century^[16] )
Oceania	Saint Paisios of Mount Athos (Australia) Peter Chanel^[17]

Geographical regions

! Region !! Patron saint

Anatolia	John the Apostle
Australasia	The Virgin Mary (as Mary Help of Christians^[18])
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^[19]
Latin America	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe)^[20]
North Africa (Libya, Tunisia)	Cyprian^[21]
Scandinavia	Ansgar^[22]
South America	Rose of Lima
South Asia	Francis Xavier
West Indies	Gertrude the Great Pope Gregory I

Countries

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

Country	Patron saint
Albania	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Good Counsel)
Andorra	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Meritxell)
Angola	The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Argentina	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Luján) Francis Solanus Laura Vicuña Martin of Tours
Armenia	Gregory the Illuminator Bartholomew the Apostle Jude the Apostle Mesrop Mashtots
Australia	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Help of Christians)^[23] Saint Paisios of Mount Athos^[24] Mary of the Cross MacKillop^[25]
Austria	Joseph Colman of Stockerau^[26] Florian Leopold the Good Maurice Severinus of Noricum Vergilius of Salzburg The Virgin Mary
Azerbaijan	Bartholomew the Apostle^[27] Elisæus of Albania^[28] The Virgin Mary, Protector of Caucasus John of Baku^[29]
Bangladesh	Francis Xavier
Barbados	Andrew^[30]
Belarus	Cyril of Turov Euphrosyne of Polotsk^[31]
Belgium	Joseph
Belize	George
	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Candelaria, Our Lady of Copacabana, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elijah^[32]
Brazil	Saint Raphael the Archangel (As Protective Angel of the Brazilian Nation)The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Aparecida)^[33] Peter of Alcantara Joseph of Anchieta^[34]
	Francis Xavier
Bulgaria	Cyril and Methodius John of Rila
Cambodia	Joseph
Cameroon	The Blessed Virgin Mary (Immaculate Heart of Mary)
Canada	Jean de Brébeuf Joseph Anne Saint George the Canadian Martyrs Andrew Patrick
Chile	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel) James the Greater Teresa of Los Andes
China	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sheshan) Joseph Francis Xavier
Colombia	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá) Louis Bertrand Peter Claver Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena
Costa Rica	The Virgin Mary (as Virgen de los Ángeles, also known as La Negrita)^[35]
Croatia	Joseph (by the decision of the Croatian Parliament from 1687 he is the official patron saint of Croatia) Jerome Cyril and Methodius
Cuba	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Charity)
Cyprus	Barnabas^[36] Lazarus Marina the Martyr
Czech Republic	Adalbert of Prague Agnes of Bohemia John of Nepomuk Ludmila Cyril and Methodius Procopius Sigismund Wenceslaus Vitus
	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) Joseph
Denmark	Ansgar Canute IV
Dominican Republic	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Altagracia and Our Lady of Mercy^[37] ^[38] ^[39]) Dominic
	Our Lady of Immaculate
Ecuador	The Sacred Heart of Jesus The Immaculate Heart of Mary^[40] Mary Anne de Paredes (Spanish; Castilian: Mariana de Paredes y Flores) Our Lady of El Cisne^[41]
Egypt	Mark the Evangelist Maurice
El Salvador	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Peace) The Transfigured Jesus (the Divine Savior of the World)
Equatorial Guinea	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) The Transfiguration of Jesus (as the Divine Savior of the World)
Ethiopia	Frumentius George
Faroe Islands	Olav the Holy
Fiji	Peter
Finland	Henry of Uppsala
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
Georgia	George Nino
Germany	Adalbert of Magdeburg Ansgar Boniface Bruno of Cologne Peter Canisius Kilian of Würzburg The Archangel Michael Suitbert of Kaiserswerdt George Maurice
Greece	The Virgin Mary (as the Panagia) George Andrew Nicholas of Myra Paul the Apostle
Greenland	Hans Egede^[42] ^[43]
Guam	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Camarin)
Guatemala	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Rosary) James the Greater^[44] Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
Haiti	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Perpetual Succor)
Honduras	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Suyapa)
Hong Kong	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)^[45] Joseph Francis Xavier Anna Wang
Hungary	The Virgin Mary Adalbert of Prague Astricus Emeric of Hungary (Hungarian: Imre) Cyril^[46] Gerard Sagredo Stephen of Hungary Elizabeth of Hungary
Iceland	Ansgar^[47] Thorlac Thorhallsson
India	The Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of the Assumption) Thomas the Apostle Francis Xavier
Indonesia	The Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) Joseph Thomas Francis Xavier
	Maruthas Joseph
Ireland	Patrick^[48] Columba Brigid of Kildare^[49]
Israel	The Archangel Michael^[50]
Italy	Catherine of Siena Francis of Assisi Maurice
Jamaica	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption) George
Japan	Peter Baptist Joseph Francis Xavier Our Lady of Akita
Jordan	John the Baptist
Kenya	The Virgin Mary (as Mary, Queen of Love)^[51] George
	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) Joseph Andrew Kim Taegon Paul Chong Hasang Korean Martyrs
Latvia	George
Lebanon	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Lebanon) Barbara Charbel Makhlouf
Lesotho	The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Lithuania	Casimir^[52] George^[53]
Luxembourg	Cunigunde of Luxemburg Willibrord
	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) John the Baptist Joseph Francis Xavier Catherine of Siena
Madagascar	Vincent de Paul
Malaysia	Francis Xavier George
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)
Mauritius	Louis IX of France
Mexico	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) Philip of Jesus Joseph^[54]
	George
Monaco	Devota^[55]
Mozambique	Immaculate Conception
	Plechelm Willibrord
New Caledonia	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
New Zealand	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption) JosephPeter Chanel^[56] George Andrew Patrick
Nicaragua	James the Greater The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Nigeria	Patrick
	Clement of Ohrid Cyril and Methodius
Norway	Olaf II (known as Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae) Magnus of Orkney
Pakistan	Francis Xavier George
	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady, Queen of Palestine) George
Panama	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Antigua)
Papua New Guinea	The Archangel Michael Andrew George Joseph
Paraguay	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Caacupé) Martin of Tours
Peru	Rose of Lima Turibius of Mogroveio Joseph
Philippines	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Guadalupe Mary, Help of Christians Our Lady of Perpetual Help and her Immaculate Heart) Lorenzo Ruíz Pedro Calungsod Pudentiana Rose of Lima Santo Niño de Cebú
Poland	The Virgin Mary (as The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland and Our Lady of Częstochowa) Adalbert of Prague^[57] 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
Portugal	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) Anthony of Padua The Guardian Angel of Portugal George
Romania	Virgin Mary Andrew Stephen the Great George Parascheva John of Suceava
	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Derzhavnaya) Alexander Nevsky Andrew^[58] Basil the Great^[59] Casimir George Joseph Vladimir I of Kiev Boris and Gleb Sergius of Radonezh Thérèse of Lisieux
Rwanda	Christ the King Andrew Joseph
San Marino	Marinus Nicholas of Myra Agatha
Serbia	Sava^[60] ^[61] Cyril and Methodius
Singapore	Francis Xavier Joseph Anna Wang
Slovakia	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sorrows) Cyril and Methodius
Slovenia	Joseph Cyril and Methodius
Solomon Islands	The Archangel Michael^[62]
South Africa	George Martin of Tours
Spain	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) James the Greater Teresa of Ávila
Sri Lanka	Francis Xavier Lawrence Joseph Vaz Thomas the Apostle The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Lanka and Our Lady of Madhu) George
Sudan	Josephine Bakhita
Sweden	Bridget of Sweden^[63] Eric IX Sigfrid of Sweden
Switzerland	Gall Nicholas of Flue^[64]
	Barbara
	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) Joseph Anna Wang
	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) George
Thailand	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption) Joseph
Tunisia	Cyprian of Carthage^[65]
Turkey	John the Apostle^[66] George
Uganda	Uganda Martyrs^[67] The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Africa)^[68]
Ukraine	Andrew George Vladimir I of Kiev
Uruguay	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Thirty-Three^[69]) James the Less Philip the Apostle^[70]
United States	The Virgin Mary (as Mary of the Immaculate Conception)^[71] The Archangel Michael George Andrew Patrick
	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Coromoto)
	Joseph Vietnamese Martyrs

Former countries

Country	Patron saint
	Gregory the Miracle-Worker^[72]
	Andrew the Apostle
	Adalbert of Prague John of Nepomuk Ludmila Cyril and Methodius^[73] Wenceslaus
Medieval Livonia	Theotokos
	Nicholas of Myra
	Adalbert of Prague Dorothy of Montau Jutta of Kulmsee Andrew the Apostle
	John of Suceava
	Vitus^[74]
	Cyril and Methodius^[75]
	Saint George
	Saint Ambrose
	Saint Mark Theodore^[76]
	Saint Blaise
	Maurice

Administrative subdivisions

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

Country	Subdivision	Patron saint
Argentina		Martin of Tours
		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
		Jerome
		Our Lady of Itatí
		Joseph
		Louis IX of France
		Lawrence, Virgin of Mercy, Saint George, Saint Roch, John the Baptist, Our Lady of Itatí, Sacred Heart, Our Lady of the Rosary, Jerome
		Isidore the Laborer
		Mary (as Virgin of the Valley), Our Lady of the Rosary, Mary Help of Christians
		Our Lady of Guadalupe
	La Rioja	Nicholas of Bari
Austria
		Florian
		Joseph
		Joseph
Belgium		Waltrude^[77]
Bosnia and Herzegovina		Stephen
Brazil
		Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
		Mary (as Our Lady of Joy)
		Joseph
		Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
		Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
		Joseph
		John Bosco
		Holy Spirit
		Mary (as Our Lady of Abadia)
		Saint Joseph (as Saint Joseph of Ribamar)
		Jesus Christ (as Our Lord, the Good Jesus)
		Mary, as Our Lady of the Abbey
		Mary (as Our Lady of Piety)
		Mary (as Our Lady of Nazareth)
		Mary (as Our Lady of Snows)
		Mary (as Our Lady of Rocio)
		Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
		Mary (as Our Lady of Victory)
		Sebastian
		Saint Martyrs of Cunhaú and Uruaçu
		Peter
		Mary (as Our Lady of Nazareth)
		Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
		Catherine of Alexandria
		Paul
		Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
		Mary (as Our Lady of Nativity)
Canada		John the Baptist
		Ninian
		Anne John the Baptist
Croatia		Blaise
Czech Republic		Wenceslaus, Ludmila, Vitus, Adalbert of Prague, Agnes of Bohemia,Procopius, Sigismund of Burgundy, Norbert of Xanten, Joseph, John of Nepomuk
		Cyril and Methodius, Wenceslaus, Jan Sarkander
France		Odile of Alsace
		Gerald Aurillac
		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.
		Julia of Corsica, Devota, Alexander Sauli
	(Paris)	Denis, Genevieve
		Saint Nicholas, Joan of Arc
Germany		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
		Willehad of Bremen
Greece	Aegina	Saint Nectarios
	Cephalonia	Saint Gerasimos
	Chios	Saint Markella
	Crete	Saint Titus
	Corfu	Saint Spyridon, Saint Arsenius of Corfu
	Euboea	Saint Paraskevi
	Laconia	Saint Nikon the Metanoeite
	Patmos	Saint John the Theologian
	Rhodes	Saint Phanourios
	Skyros	Saint George
	Tinos	Saint Pelagia, Mary (as Our Lady of Tinos)
	Zakynthos	Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos
Indonesia	Borneo	Francis Xavier^[78]
Italy		Homobonus
		Charles Borromeo
		Saint Maurice
		Andrew Avellino, Nicholas of Myra, Rosalia
	Nyeri	Irene Stefani
Lebanon	North Lebanon	Awtel
	South Lebanon	Christina of Bolsena
		Francis Xavier
Mexico	Chihuahua	Our Lady of La Soledad de Parral
	Veracruz	Rafael Guizar y Valencia
Philippines		Mary (Our Lady of Salvation)
	Batangas	Saint Joseph, Our Lady of Caysasay
	Bicol (region)	Mary (as Our Lady of Peñafrancia)
		Mary (Our Lady of Piat)
		James the Apostle
		Mary (as Virgen de los Remedios)
		Isidore the Laborer
		Mary (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage), Clement of Rome
	Western Visayas (region)	Mary (as Our Lady of Candelaria)
Portugal	Lisbon	Saint Vincent, Saint Anthony, Mary (as Saint Mary Major)
	Oporto	Mary (as Nossa Senhora de Vandoma, Our Lady of Assumption), Saint John
	Coimbra	Saint Augustine, Saint Elizabeth, Thomas of Villanova
	Braga	Saint Martin of Braga, Saint Gerald, Mary (as Our Lady of Assumption), Saint John
		Adalbert of Prague
Serbia		Cyril and Methodius
Spain		John of Avila, Virgin of Hope of Macarena
		Our Lady of the Pillar, Agathoclia, Braulio, George
		Our Lady of Covadonga
	Castile	Emilian of Cogolla
		Our Lady of Candelaria, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
		Our Lady of Aparecida,
		George, Virgin of Montserrat
		Our Lady of Africa
		Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Prudence
		Our Lady of Guadalupe, John the Baptist
		James the Greater
	La Rioja	Our Lady of Valvanera
		Marcellus of Tangier
		Isidore the Laborer, Virgin of Almudena
		Fermin, Francis Xavier, Saturnin, Santa María the Royal of Pamplona, Raymond of Penyafort
		Vincent Ferrer, Our Lady of the Forsaken
United Kingdom †Crown dependencies		George, Gregory the Great Augustine of Canterbury Edmund the Martyr Edward the Confessor Michael the Archangel Our Lady of Walsingham
		Boniface
		Edmund the Martyr Suffolk
		Cedd
	The English Fens	Guthlac
		Dubricius
		Augustine of Canterbury
		Saint Paul
		Chad of Mercia, Bertelin,^[79] Alban
		Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Oswald
		Richard of Chichester, Wilfrid
		Aldhelm, Swithun
		Wilfrid
		Osmund
		Saint Patrick (also see Ireland (above))
		Andrew the Apostle, Margaret of Scotland, Columba, Palladius
	Barra	Finbarr
	Eigg	Donnán
	Galloway	Ninian
	Lennox	Kessog
		Magnus
		David of Wales
	Gibraltar (territory)	Bernard of Clairvaux,^[80] Mary (as Our Lady of Europe)
	†	Samson of Dol^[81]
	†	Maughold^[82]
	†	Helier^[83]
United States		Our Lady of the Gulf^[84] ^[85]
		St. Herman of Alaska, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Our Lady of the Kodiak and the Islands
		Our Lady of the Highways
		Our Lady of the Holy Souls
		St. Junipero Serra, Our Lady of the Refuge, Our Lady of the Wayside
		St. Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
		Notre Dame of Easton
		Our Lady of Mercy
		Our Lady of La Leche
		Immaculate Heart of Mary
		Father Damien, St. Marianne Cope, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Our Lady Queen of Peace
		Our Lady of Limerick
		Our Lady of the Universe
		St. Théodore Guérin, Our Lady of Providence
		Mary of Nazareth
		Mary Queen of Angels
		Mary Mother of God
		Our Lady of Prompt Succor
		Our Lady of Peace
		St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Our Lady of the Assumption
		St. Patrick, Our Lady of the Incarnation
		Our Lady Gate of Heaven
		Our Lady Mother of the Church
		Our Lady of Sorrows
		Our Lady of Calvary
		Our Lady of the Pines
		Our Lady of the Presentation
		Our Lady of Las Vegas
		Our Lady of Perpetual Help
		Our Lady of Fatima
		Our Lady of Guadalupe
		St. Nicholas, Our Lady Help of Christians
		Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
		Mary Queen of Peace
		Our Lady of Consolation
		Our Lady, Queen of all Saints
		Our Lady of the Woods
		Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
	Puerto Rico	Our Lady of Providence^[86]
		Our Lady of Mount Carmel
		Mary the Virgin Mother
		Our Lady of the Prairie
		Our Lady of Lourdes
		Our Lady of the Annunciation
		Our Lady of the Snows
		Our Lady of Grace
		Our Lady Queen of the Apostles
		Our Lady of Good Help
		Our Lady of Victory
		Our Lady of the Americas
		Our Lady of the Valley

Cities and towns

Argentina

• Junín Ignatius of Loyola
• Mar del Plata Cecilia

Australia

• Brisbane Mary MacKillop
• Melbourne Patrick
• Sydney Mary MacKillop

Austria

• Graz Giles
• Linz Florian
• Salzburg Rupert of Salzburg, Vergilius
• Vienna Clemens Maria Hofbauer

Azerbaijan

• Baku Bartholomew the Apostle^[87]

Bangladesh

• Dinajpur Francis Xavier

Belgium

• Affligem Michael
• Anderlecht Guy of Anderlecht^[88]
• Antwerp Walburga
• Brecht Michael
• Bruges Andrew the Apostle^[89]
• Brussels Gudula, Michael
• Ghent Bavo, Macarius of Antioch, Pharaildis
• Lier Gummarus
• Mons Waltrude^[77]
• Oudenarde Walburga
• Temse Amalberga

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Grude St. Catherine of Alexandria

Brazil

• Arraial do Cabo Virgin of Los Remedios
• Brasília John Bosco
• Belo Horizonte Our Lady of Good Voyage, Ignatius of Loyola
• Florianópolis Catherine of Alexandria
• Fortaleza Our Lady of Assumption
• Niterói John the Baptist
• Ouro Preto Our Lady of the Pillar
• Paraty Virgin of Los Remedios
• Ribeirão Preto Sebastian
• Rio de Janeiro Sebastian
• São Gonçalo do Sapucaí Gundisalvus of Amarante
• São João del-Rei Our Lady of the Pillar
• São Paulo Paul the Apostle
• São Thomé das Letras Thomas the Apostle
• Tiradentes Anthony of Padua
• Ubatuba Our Lady of the Conception
• Vitória Our Lady of Victory

Canada

• Calgary Demetrios
• Deschambault, Quebec Joseph
• Halifax John The Baptist
• Ottawa Humbert of Maroilles
• St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador John the Baptist
• Toronto Michael
• Vancouver Our Lady of the Rosary
• Winnipeg Boniface

Colombia

• Barranquilla Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint Roch
• Bogotá Elizabeth of Hungary
• Bucaramanga Immaculate Conception
• Buenaventura Bonaventure
• Cali James the Greater
• Cartagena Peter Claver
• Cúcuta Saint Joseph
• El Guamo Saint Lucy
• Envigado Gertrude the Great
• Ibagué Saint Boniface
• Ipiales Our Lady of Las Lajas
• Medellín Virgin of Candelaria and Lawrence of Rome
• Mocoa Michael
• Montería Jerome
• Neiva Immaculate Conception
• Pasto Virgin of Mercy and John the Baptist
• Santa Fe de Antioquia Saint Barbara
• Santa Marta Martha
• Soacha Bernardino of Siena
• Tunja James the Greater

Croatia

• Dubrovnik Blaise
• Losinj Gaudentius of Ossero
• Rab Christopher
• Rijeka Vitus
• Šibenik Michael
• Sisak Quirinus
• Split Duje
• Zadar St. Chrysogonus
• Zagreb Mary, Francis Xavier

Cuba

• Caraballo Paul the Apostle's Conversion
• Havana, Cuba Christopher

Czech Republic

• Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav Wenceslaus
• Březnice Vitus
• Brušperk George
• Brno Saint Primitivus and Saint Constantius
• Česká Lípa Peter and Paul
• České Budějovice Saint Auratianus
• Český Brod Gotthard of Hildesheim
• Chomutov Michael
• Dobřany Vitus
• Frenštát pod Radhoštěm Martin of Tours
• Hradec Králové Clement of Rome
• Nepomuk John of Nepomuk
• Olomouc Paulina of Rome
• Písek Pope Pius V
• Plzeň Bartholomew
• Polná Saint Ligorius
• Prague John of Nepomuk, Wenceslaus
• Sázava Procopius of Sázava

Denmark

• Odense Saint Alban
• Slagelse Michael
• Aarhus Saint Clement of Rome

Ecuador

• Guayaquil James the Greater
• Loja Sebastian
• Quito Francis of Assisi

Egypt

• Alexandria Cyril of Alexandria

France

• Abbeville Wulfram of Sens
• Albi Cecilia
• Autun Symphorian
• Avignon Agricola of Avignon,^[90] Benezet
• Baume-les-Messieurs, Fleury-sur-Loire Drogo
• Besançon Ferreolus and Ferrutio
• Dijon Benignus of Dijon, Urban of Langres
• Saint-Fiacre Fiacre
• Gap, Hautes-Alpes Arnulph
• Limoges Martial
• Lourdes Bernadette of Lourdes
• Orléans Joan of Arc
• Paris Denis,^[91] Genevieve
• Ploërmel Saint Armel
• Plourin Budoc
• Saint-Sève Severus of Vienne
• Toulouse Saturnin
• Tours Gatianus of Tours, Martin of Tours
• Vannes Paternus

Germany

• Aachen Mary, Matthias
• Augsburg Afra, Ulric
• Berlin Saint Peter, Otto of Bamberg, Hedwig of Silesia
• Bonn Cassius of Narni, Adelaide
• Bremen Oscar
• Brunswick Andrew,, Blaise, Christopher
• Cologne Cunibert, Ursula
• Dresden Benno
• Düsseldorf Apollinaris of Ravenna
• Dormagen Michael
• Hamburg Oscar
• Hanover Matthias
• Frankfurt am Main Helen
• Freiburg im Breisgau George
• Freising Francis Xavier
• Koblenz Mary
• Konstanz Pelagius of Constance
• Lübeck Nicholas
• Mainz Alban of Mainz, Boniface
• Munich Benno
• Münster Ludger of Utrecht
• Nuremberg Sebaldus
• Regensburg Wolfgang, Emmeram
• Stuttgart Christopher
• Trier Maximinus, Peter
• Würzburg Burchard of Würzburg
• Zeitz Michael

Greece

• Agios Nikolaos, Crete Nicholas
• Athens Dionysius the Areopagite
• Cephallonia Gerasimus of Cephallonia
• Corfu Arsenius of Corfu, Spyridon
• Corinth Dionysius of Corinth
• Giannitsa – St. Peter and St. Paul
• Heraklion Menas
• Katerini St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Larissa Achillius of Larissa
• Lefkada Spyridon
• Patras Andrew
• Piraeus Spyridon
• Skiathos Mary
• Skopelos Riginos
• Sparta Nikon the Metanoeite
• Syros Nicholas
• Thessaloniki Demetrius of Thessaloniki
• Tinos Pelagia
• Zakynthos Dionysios of Zakynthos

Haiti

• Port-au-Prince Our Lady of the Assumption
• Cap-Haïtien Our Lady of the Assumption
• Les Cayes Our Lady of the Assumption
• Jacmel James the Less, Philip the Apostle

Honduras

• Tegucigalpa Theophilus of Antioch

Hungary

• Budapest Peter the Apostle
• Dunakeszi Michael
• Győr Sebastian
• Szentendre Andrew the Apostle

India

• Agartala Francis Xavier
• Ahmedabad Francis Xavier
• Bengaluru Francis Xavier
• Bombay Francis Xavier, Gonsalo Garcia
• Calcutta Saint Teresa of Calcutta
• Kollam Francis Xavier
• Kottar Francis Xavier
• Madras St.George
• Goa Francis Xavier, Joseph Vaz
• Sivagangai John de Britto

Ireland

• Clonmacnoise Ciaran the Younger
• Cloyne Colman of Cloyne
• Cork Finbarr
• Dublin Laurence O'Toole
• Fahan Mura
• Ferns Aeden of Ferns
• Kilbarry/Tarmonbarry Saint Berach^[92]
• Kilmallock, County Limerick Mochelloc
• Limerick Munchin
• Ross Fachanan

Italy

• Abruzzi Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
• Amalfi Andrew the Apostle
• Ancona Judas Cyriacus
• Aosta Gratus of Aosta
• Aquila Maximus of Aquila
• Assisi Francis of Assisi
• Bari Nicholas, Sabinus
• Benevento Arthelais, Barbatus of Benevento, Bartholomew
• Bergamo Alexander of Bergamo
• Bologna Saint Petronius
• Brescia Faustinus and Jovita
• Brindisi Lawrence of Brindisi
• Caltanissetta Michael
• Capriate San Gervasio Alexander of Bergamo^[93]
• Castellabate Constabilis
• Castelplanio Joseph
• Catania Agatha,^[94] Aloysius Gonzaga^[95]
• Cervignano d'Adda Alexander of Bergamo^[93]
• Colliano Pope Leo X
• Como Abundius
• Corato Saint Catald
• Craco Vincenzo Martyr
• Cuneo Michael
• Fabriano Adrian of Nicomedia^[96]
• Ferrara George
• Florence John the Baptist, Joseph, Zenobius
• Fonte Nuova Joseph
• Genoa George, John the Baptist, Syrus of Genoa
• Grosseto Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia^[96]
• Imperia Leonard of Port Maurice
• La Spezia Joseph
• Ladispoli Joseph
• Lecce Bernardino Realino
• Lecco Nicholas
• Macchia Valfortore Nicholas
• Matelica Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia^[96]
• Messina Aloysius Gonzaga^[95]
• Milan Ambrose
• Modica, Sicily George
• Muro Lucano Saint Gerard Majella
• Naples Agnellus, Aloysius Gonzaga,^[95] Alphonsus Maria de Liguori,^[95] Andrew Avellino, James of the Marches, Januarius, John IV, Bishop of Naples, Patricia of Naples
  • Nocera Inferiore Nocera Umbra Raynald of Nocera
• Orvieto Joseph
• Otranto Antonio Primaldo and his Companion Martyrs
• Pagani, Campania Our Lady of the Hens, Alphonsus Liguori
• Palermo Agatha of Sicily, Benedict the Black, Rosalia
• Pavia, Italy Syrus of Pavia (Siro), Theodore of Pavia
• Padua Anthony of Padua
• Pescia Abdon and Sennen^[97]
• Pisa Rainerius
• Ponza Silverius
• Querceta, Seravezza Joseph
• Randazzo Joseph
• Reggio Calabria George
• Reggio Emilia Prosper of Reggio
• Ripacandida Donatus
• Rome Lawrence, Martina of Rome, Philip Neri, Paul, Peter, Sebastian, Ignatius of Loyola
• Sant'Agata de' Goti Alphonsus Maria de Liguori^[95]
• Salerno Matthew the Apostle^[98]
• Siena Ansanus the Baptizer, Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena
• Sorrento Antoninus of Sorrento
• Spadafora Joseph
• Syracuse Lucy of Syracuse
• Taranto Catald
• Trapani Albert of Trapani^[99]
• Trieste Justus of Trieste
• Turin John the Baptist, Joseph, Maximus of Turin, Octavius, Solutor
• Urbino Crescentinus
• Venice Mark the Evangelist^[70] George, Theodore of Amasea
• Veroli Mary Salome
• Verona Zeno of Verona
• Volperino, Foligno Maro

Kenya

• Kisumu Thérèse of Lisieux

Lebanon

• Beirut George
• Zahlé Prophet Elias
• Zgharta Virgin Mary, Saydet Zgharta

Lithuania

• Kaunas Nicholas
• Vilnius Antony of Vilnius, Christopher, Eustace of Vilnius, John of Vilnius

Madagascar

• Antananarivo Joseph
• Antsiranana Francis Xavier

Malta

• Birgu Lawrence
• Birkirkara Anthony of Padua, Saint Helena, Joseph, Our Lady of Mount Carmel
• Birzebbugia Peter
• Isla Santa Maria Bambina, Christ the Redeemer
• Kalkara Joseph
• Luqa Andrew
• Marsaskala Anne
• Mdina Paul the Apostle's Conversion
• Msida Joseph
• Qala Joseph
• Qormi Saint George
• Siġġiewi Nicholas
• Ta' Xbiex St. John of the Cross
• Valletta Saint Augustine, Saint Dominic, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Paul the Apostle
• Victoria, Gozo George
• Xewkija, Gozo John the Baptist
• Zejtun Catherine of Alexandria
• Zurrieq Catherine of Alexandria

Mexico

• Cuauhtitlan Juan Diego
• Mexico City Our Lady Of Guadalupe, Philip Of Jesus
• Santiago de Querétaro James the Greater

Montenegro

• Bar Jovan Vladimir

Netherlands

• • Aalsum St. Catherine of Alexandria Alkmaar Lawrence
• Amersfoort George
• Amsterdam Nicholas
• Dordrecht Mary
• Gouda John the Baptist
• Groningen Walburga, Martin of Tours
• Haarlem Bavo
• Kerkrade Barbara
• Maastricht Servatius of Tongeren, Amand of Maastricht
• Nijmegen Stephen
• The Hague Gabriel
• Utrecht Martin of Tours
• Winschoten Vitus
• Zutphen Walburga

Nicaragua

• Managua Theophilus of Antioch

Norway

• Oslo Hallvard

Peru

• Arequipa Theophilus of Antioch
• Cusco Anthony of Padua, Sebastian
• Piura John Bosco
• Pucallpa Sebastian

Philippines

• Abuyog Francis Xavier
• Alegria Francis Xavier
• Antipolo Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, St. Thérèse of Lisieux
• Arayat St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Bagac St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Bacolod Saint Sebastian
• Baguio Our Lady of Atonement
• Bantay, Ilocos Sur Saint Augustine, Our Lady of Charity
• Borbon, Cebu Saint Sebastian
• Bulacan Saint Paschal Baylon, Saint Claire Of Assisi, Our Lady Of Salambao, Our Lady Of Queen And Patroness Of Paombong
• Cabatuan, Iloilo Nicholas of Tolentino
• Cabuyao Polycarp, Joseph The Worker
• Cagayan de Oro Augustine of Hippo
• Calatagan Dominic of Silos
• Calamba, Laguna John The Baptist
• Caloocan Roch
• Capas Nicholas of Tolentino^[100]
• Carcar St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Catbalogan Philip Neri
• Cavite City Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga, Roch
• Cebu Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pedro Calungsod
• Davao City Peter The Apostle
• Dumaguete St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Gerona St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Iloilo City Our Lady of the Candles
• Las Piñas Joseph
• Leon St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Lian, Batangas John the Baptist
  • Lumban Sebastian Makati Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles, Our Lady of Guadalupe
• Malabon Saint Bartholomew, Immaculate Conception
• Mandaluyong Philip Neri, Dominic Savio
• Manila The Immaculate Conception, Lorenzo Ruiz, Virgin of Montserrat
• Marikina Our Lady of the Abandoned
• Muntinlupa Our Lady of the Abandoned
• Noveleta Holy Cross, Helena of Constantinople, Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage
• Naga City Our Lady of Peñafrancia
• Nasugbu Francis Xavier
• Obando, Bulacan Our Lady of Salambao, Pascal Baylon, Claire of Assisi
• Pagbilao St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Parañaque Andrew The Apostle, Our Lady of Good Event, Mary Help Of Christians
• Pasay Claire of Assisi, Thérèse of Lisieux
• Pasig Immaculate Conception
• Pateros Martha, Roch
• Porac St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Pulilan Isidore the Laborer^[101]
• Quezon City Our Lady of La Naval de Manila
• Santa St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Santa Catalina St. Catherine of Alexandria
• Santa Catalina St. Catherine of Alexandria
• San Juan John the Baptist
• San Marcelino, Zambales Isidore the Laborer
• Santa Teresita, Batangas Thérèse of Lisieux
• Sulat, Eastern Samar Ignatius of Loyola
• Surigao City Nicholas of Tolentino
• Tanza, Cavite Holy Cross, Augustine of Hippo
• Taal, Batangas Martin of Tours
• Tagaytay, Cavite Our Lady of Lourdes
• Taguig Anne
• Tagum Christ the King
• Tandag Nicholas of Tolentino
• Tarlac City Sebastian^[102]
• Tayum St. Catherine of Alexandria

Poland

• Bydgoszcz Martin of Tours
• Cracow Faustina, Stanislaus of Szczepanów
• Markowa Dorothy, Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children
• Częstochowa Mary
• Jastrzębie-Zdrój John of Nepomuk
• Łódź Faustina
• Poznań Peter and Paul, Peter
• Warsaw Andrew Bobola, Faustina, Władysław of Gielniów
• Wrocław John the Baptist

Portugal

• Funchal James the Less, Saint Roch^[103]
• Lisbon Anthony of Lisbon, Vincent of Saragossa
• Porto John the Baptist
• Póvoa de Varzim Peter

Romania

• Bucharest, Romania Demetrius of Basarab
• Curtea de Argeș – Nicholas, Philophteia
• Iași – Parascheva of the Balkans, George
• Oradea – Ladislaus I of Hungary
• Sfântu Gheorghe George
• Suceava – John of Suceava, George

Russia

• Arkhangelsk Michael (archangel)
• Murom Peter and Fevronia
• Moscow Boris, George, Saint Peter of Moscow
• Pskov Vsevolod of Pskov
• Saint Petersburg Peter, Xenia
• Samara Alexius of Moscow

Rwanda

• Kigali Stephen

Serbia

• Belgrade Jesus (as the Holy Saviour),^[104] Demetrius,^[105] Theophilus of Antioch
• Sremska Mitrovica Demetrius^[106] and Methodius
• Kragujevac George
• Leskovac Holy Trinity
• Niš Procopius^[107]
• Novi Sad George
• Prizren George
• Arilje Achillius
• Požarevac Holy Trinity
• Svilajnac Constantine, Helena

Slovakia

• Kysucké Nové Mesto James, son of Alphaeus
• Nitra Andrew Zorard
• Svätý Jur George

Slovenia

• Celje Maximilian of Lorch
• Koper Nazarius of Koper
• Ljubljana George
• Maribor John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene
• Ptuj George

South Africa

• Cape Town Francis Xavier
• Witbank Thérèse of Lisieux

Spain

• Alcalá de Henares Justus, Pastor
• Andalusia Saint Luke
• Barakaldo Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Vincent of Saragossa
• Barcelona Eulalia, Raymond of Penyafort
• Calahorra Emeterius and Celedonius
• Candeleda Bernard of Valdeiglesias
• Cartagena Modestus
• Cordoba Acisclus^[108]
• Extremadura Peter of Alcantara
• Granada, Spain Caecilius of Elvira
• Jaén Saint Luke
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) Anne
• Madrid Eustace, Isidore the Laborer, Justus, Pastor
• Mallorca Alphonsus Rodriguez -^[109]
• Sahagun Abdon^[97]
• San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canary Islands) Christopher
• Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands) James the Greater
• Santander Emeterius and Celedonius
• Santiago de Compostela James the Greater
• Segovia St. John of the Cross
• Sestao Peter
• Seville, Spain Ferdinand III of Castile, Justa
• Tarragona Santa Tecla Gloriosa, mare dels tarragonins, Saint Maginus
• Toledo Leocadia
• Valencia Vincent Martyr
• Zamarramala Agatha of Sicily
• Zaragoza La Pilarica, Saint Valerius

Sri Lanka

• Colombo Lawrence
• Negombo Sebastian

Sweden

• Stockholm Eric of Sweden
• Växjö Sigfrid of Sweden

Syria

• Damascus John of Damascus

Tanzania

• Dodoma Stephen

Turkey

• Antioch Barnabas, Theophilus of Antioch
• Constantinople John Chrysostom, Constantine the Great, George
• Smyrna Polycarp

Ukraine

• Kyiv Michael

United Kingdom

• Aberdeen Machar, Nicholas, Our Lady of Aberdeen
• Abingdon-on-Thames Edmund of Abingdon, Helen
• Bampton, Oxfordshire Beornwald
• Bodmin Petroc
• Boston Botulph
• Bristol Jordan of Bristol
• Buckingham Rumwold
• Caerleon Cadog
• Canterbury Augustine of Canterbury, Thomas Becket
• Cardiff Teilo, Piran
• Chester Werburgh
• Chichester Richard of Chichester
• Colchester Helen of Constantinople
• Crowland Guthlac
• Derby Alcmund of Derby
• Dorchester-on-Thames Birinus
• Droitwich Richard of Chichester
• Dumfries Michael
• Dundee Mary
• Durham Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
• Edinburgh Giles
• Ely Etheldreda
  • Exeter Sidwell Glasgow Kentigern, Theneva (St Enoch)
• Greenwich Alfege
• Hereford Thomas Cantilupe
• Holywell Winifred
• Jarrow Bede^[110]
• Leicester Martin of Tours^[111]
• Lichfield Chad of Mercia
• Lincoln Mary, Hugh of Lincoln
• Linlithgow Michael
• Liverpool Nicholas
• Llandeilo Fawr Teilo
• Llantwit Major Illtud
• London Erkenwald, George, Mellitus, Michael, Paul the Apostle
• Malmesbury Aldhelm
• Northampton Crispin
• Newport Gwynllyw the Bearded
• Oxford Frideswide
• Padstow Piran
• Paisley Mirin, James the Greater, Our Lady of Paisley
• Perranporth Piran
• Perth John the Baptist
• Portsmouth Thomas Becket, Nicholas
• Preston, Lancashire St Wilfrid
• Reading James the Greater
• Ripon Wilfrid
• St. Albans Alban
• St Andrews Andrew
• St. Brides Wentloog Brigit of Kildare (Welsh: Ffraid)
• St. Davids David (Dewi Sant)
• St. Helier, Jersey Helier
• St. Peter Port, Guernsey Peter
• Salisbury Osmund
• Shrewsbury Winifred
• Stafford Beorhthelm^[112]
• Steyning Cuthman
• Sunderland Benedict Biscop^[113]
• Tyne and Wear Bede
• Winchcombe Kenelm
• Winchester Swithun
• Worcester Oswald of Worcester, Wulfstan
• Wrexham Richard Gwyn
• York Peter, William of York

United States

• Acoma Pueblo James the Greater
• Arlington, Virginia Thomas More
• Baltimore, Maryland Immaculate Conception
• Boston, Massachusetts Patrick
• Cheyenne, Wyoming Thérèse of Lisieux
• Detroit, Michigan Anne
• Fresno, California Thérèse of Lisieux
• Green Bay, Wisconsin Francis Xavier
• Indianapolis, Indiana Francis Xavier
• Joliet, Illinois Francis Xavier
• Kalamazoo, Michigan Augustine of Hippo
• Key West, Florida Francis Xavier
• Las Vegas, Nevada Paul the Apostle
• Los Angeles, California Our Lady, Queen of Angels
• New Orleans, Louisiana Joan of Arc
• New York City Nicholas
• Pueblo, Colorado Thérèse of Lisieux
• Ruskin, Florida Anne
• Saint Paul, Minnesota Paul the Apostle
• San Antonio, Texas Anthony of Padua
• San Diego, California Didacus of Alcalá
• San Francisco, California Francis of Assisi
• Santa Fe, New Mexico Francis of Assisi
• Santa Rosa, California Rose of Lima
• Seattle, Washington James the Greater
• St. Augustine, Florida Augustine of Hippo
• St. Louis, Missouri Louis
• St. Petersburg, Florida Saint Jude
• Superior, Wisconsin Augustine of Hippo
• Taos, New Mexico Anne, John the Apostle
• Thibodaux, Louisiana Valeria of Milan
• Tucson, Arizona Augustine of Hippo

Extraterrestrial locations

See also: Religion in space.

! Location !! Patron saint !! Notes

Outer space	Joseph of Cupertino	Because of his ability to levitate, Joseph of Cupertino is the patron saint of astronauts.^[114]
Moon	Mary, mother of Jesus	Mary is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando,^[115] 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.^[116] ^[117] ^[118]

See also

• Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers
• Patron saints of occupations and activities
• Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Patron day
• Patron saints of ethnic groups

References

• Book: Holweck, Frederick G.. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. B. Herder. 1924. Holweck.
• Book: Bunson. Matthew. Our Sunday Visitor's 2012 Catholic Almanac. Our Sunday Visitor. 2012. 9781592760770. Bunson.
• Book: Walsh. Michael. Butler's Lives of Patron Saints. Harper & Row. 1987. 0060692626. Walsh.
• www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120814.cfm
• Web site: Who is the National Saint of Pakistan?. 20 November 2020.

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    (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.".
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