Patron saints of places

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

Continents[]

Continent	Patron saint	Notes
Asia	The Blessed Virgin Mary Mary, mother of Jesus, Joseph, Francis Xavier
Africa	Moses the Black, Our Lady of Kibeho
The Americas	The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus (as Our Lady of Guadalupe)[1][2] Saint Rose of Lima (Santa Rosa de Lima)[3] Joseph
Antarctica	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Snows)[4] John Bosco[5]
Europe	Benedict of Nursia[6][7] Saints Cyril and Methodius[8][9] Bridget of Sweden[6] Catherine of Siena[6] Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)[6]	Benedict of Nursia is the main patron saint,[10] the others are considered co-patrons.[11] The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus (It is believed the whole of Europe was granted protection under Our Lady of Europe in the 14th Century[12])
Oceania	Peter Chanel[13]

Regions[]

Region	Patron saint
Anatolia	John the Apostle
Alsace	Odile of Alsace
Australasia	The Virgin Mary (as Mary Help of Christians[14])
Central Africa	The Immaculate Heart of Mary[15]
Central America	Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur Óscar Romero
North Africa (Libya, Tunisia)	Cyprian[15]
Scandinavia	Ansgar[6]
South America	Rose of Lima[6]
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[6])
Algeria	Cyprian of Carthage[16]
Andorra	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Meritxell)
Angola	The Immaculate Heart of Mary[6][16]
Argentina	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Luján[6]) Francis Solanus Blessed Laura Vicuña Martin of Tours
Armenia	Gregory the Illuminator[6] Bartholomew the Apostle Jude the Apostle Mesrop Mashtots
Azerbaijan	Elisæus of Albania Bartholomew the Apostle The Virgin Mary, Protector of Caucasus
Australia	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Help of Christians)[17] Mary of the Cross MacKillop[18]
Austria	Joseph[16] Colman of Stockerau[19] Florian[16] Leopold the Good Maurice[16] Severinus of Noricum Vergilius of Salzburg
Barbados	Andrew[20]
Belarus	Cyril of Turov Euphrosyne of Polotsk[21]
Belgium	Joseph[6]
Belize	George
Bolivia	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Candelaria,[6] Our Lady of Copacabana,[6] and Our Lady of Mount Carmel[22])
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elijah[23]
Brazil	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Aparecida[6][22] and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[6]) Peter of Alcantara[6] Joseph of Anchieta
Bulgaria	Cyril and Methodius John of Rila
Cambodia	Joseph
Canada	Jean de Brébeuf Joseph Anne[6] the Canadian Martyrs[1]
Chile	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)[6] James the Greater[6] Teresa of Los Andes
China	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sheshan) Joseph[6] Francis Xavier
Colombia	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá) Louis Bertrand[6] Peter Claver[6] Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena[6]
Costa Rica	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Angels)
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[6])
Cyprus	Barnabas[24] Lazarus Marina the Martyr
Czech Republic	Adalbert of Prague Agnes of Bohemia John of Nepomuk Ludmila Cyril and Methodius Procopius Sigismund Wenceslas Vitus
Democratic Republic of Congo	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[25])
Denmark	Ansgar[6] Canute IV[6]
Dominican Republic	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Altagracia and Our Lady of Mercy[26][27][28]) Dominic[6]
East Timor	Our Lady of Fátima
Ecuador	The Sacred Heart of Jesus[6] The Immaculate Heart of Mary[29] Mary Anne de Paredes (Spanish: Mariana de Paredes y Flores) Our Lady of El Cisne[30]
Egypt	Mark the Evangelist[29]
El Salvador	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Peace[6]) The Transfigured Jesus (the Divine Savior of the World)
Equatorial Guinea	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[6]) The Transfiguration of Jesus (as the Divine Savior of the World)
Ethiopia	Frumentius George[6]
Faroe Islands	Olav the Holy[31][32]
Fiji	Saint Peter (The second half of 1 Peter 2:17 was translated to Fijian and then made it into the ribbon of the country's coat of arms.)[citation needed]
Finland	Henry of Uppsala[6]
France	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption[6]) The Archangel Michael Denis Martin of Tours Louis IX Joan of Arc[6] Remi Thérèse de Lisieux[6] Petronilla Radegund
Georgia	George[6] Nino
Germany	Adalbert of Magdeburg Ansgar[33] Boniface[6] Bruno of Cologne Peter Canisius Kilian of Würzburg The Archangel Michael He is the patron saint of the German People, Germany itself has no patron saint[6] Suitbert of Kaiserswerdt George Maurice
Greece	The Virgin Mary (as the Panagia) George Andrew Nicholas of Myra Paul the Apostle[34]
Greenland	Hans Egede[35][36]
Guam	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Camarin)
Guatemala	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Rosary) James the Greater,[34] Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
Haiti	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Perpetual Succor[34])
Honduras	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Suyapa[34])
Hong Kong	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)[37]
Hungary	The Virgin Mary Adalbert of Prague Astricus Emeric of Hungary (Hungarian: Imre) Cyril[38] Gerard Sagredo Stephen of Hungary[6] Elizabeth of Hungary
Iceland	Ansgar[39] Thorlac Thorhallsson[6]
India	The Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of the Assumption) Saint Thomas the Apostle Francis Xavier Rose of Lima
Indonesia	The Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) Joseph Thomas Thérèse de Lisieux Francis Xavier
Iran	Maruthas
Ireland	Patrick[40] Columba[6] Brigid of Kildare[41]
Israel	The Archangel Michael[42]
Italy	Catherine of Siena[6] Francis of Assisi[6]
Jamaica	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption and )[43]
Japan	Peter Baptist[6] Joseph Francis Xavier
Jordan	John the Baptist[39]
Kenya	The Virgin Mary (as Mary, Queen of Love)[44]
Korea, South	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) Joseph Andrew Kim Taegon Paul Chong Hasang Korean Martyrs
Lebanon	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Lebanon) Barbara Charbel Makhlouf
Lesotho	The Immaculate Heart of Mary[6][29]
Lithuania	Casimir[45] Cunigunde of Luxemburg[6] John of Dukla John of Kanty George Kinga of Poland
Luxembourg	Cunigunde of Luxemburg[2][6] Willibrord[6]
Macau	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) John the Baptist Francis Xavier Catherine of Siena
Madagascar	Francis Xavier Vincent de Paul
Malta	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption and Our Lady of Victories)[6] Paul the Apostle[6] Agatha of Sicily Publius George (patron saint of Gozo, one of the Maltese islands)
Mauritius	Saint Louis
Mexico	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe[6]) Philip of Jesus Joseph[46]
Moldova	George
Monaco	Devota[47]
Netherlands	Plechelm Willibrord[6]
New Caledonia	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption[13])
New Zealand	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption[6]) Joseph
Nicaragua	James the Greater[13] The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Nigeria	Patrick[13]
North Macedonia	Clement of Ohrid Cyril and Methodius
Norway	Olaf II (known as Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae)[6] Magnus of Orkney[13]
Pakistan	Francis Xavier[48]
State of Palestine	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady, Queen of Palestine) George
Papua New Guinea	The Archangel Michael
Paraguay	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Caacupé[48]) Martin of Tours[6]
Peru	Rose of Lima Turibius of Mogroveio Joseph[6]
Philippines	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mary, Help of Christians, Our Lady of Perpetual Help[6][48] and her Immaculate Heart[6]) Lorenzo Ruíz Pedro Calungsod Pudentiana Rose of Lima Santo Niño de Cebú Francis Xavier
Poland	The Virgin Mary (as The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland and Our Lady of Częstochowa)[6] Adalbert of Prague[49] Stanislaus of Cracow[6] Stanislaus Kostka Andrew Bobola Jadwiga of Poland Casimir[45] Hyacinth Kinga of Poland[6] John of Kanty Florian Wenceslaus John of Dukla Hedwig of Silesia Pope Saint John Paul II
Portugal	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)[6] Anthony of Padua[6] The Guardian Angel of Portugal George[6]
Puerto Rico	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Providence)      Adjuntas: Saint Joachim & Saint Anne[50]      Ponce: Our Lady of Guadalupe[51]      San Juan: John the Baptist[52]
Romania	Virgin Mary Andrew Stephen the Great George Parascheva John of Suceava
Russia	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Derzhavnaya) Alexander Nevsky Andrew[53] Basil the Great[54] Casimir[54] George Joseph[54] Thérèse de Lisieux[6] Vladimir I of Kiev
Rwanda	Christ the King
San Marino	Marinus Nicholas of Myra[6][54] Agatha
Serbia	Sava[55][56] Cyril and Methodius
Singapore	Francis Xavier
Slovakia	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sorrows)[6] Cyril and Methodius
Slovenia	Joseph Cyril and Methodius
Solomon Islands	The Archangel Michael[57]
South Africa	George Martin of Tours[6]
Spain	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)[57] James the Greater (Spanish: Santiago) Teresa of Ávila[6]
Sri Lanka	Francis Xavier Lawrence[6] Joseph Vaz Thomas the Apostle The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Lanka and Our Lady of Madhu)
Sudan	Josephine Bakhita
Sweden	Birgitta of Sweden[58] Eric IX[6] Sigfrid of Sweden
Switzerland	Gall Nicholas of Flue[59]
Syria	Barbara
Taiwan	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) Joseph
Tanzania	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[58])
Thailand	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption) Joseph
Turkey	John the Apostle[60] George
Uganda	Uganda Martyrs[61] The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Africa)[62]
Ukraine	Josaphat[63] Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev
Uruguay	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Thirty-Three[64]) James the Less Philip the Apostle[65]
United States	The Immaculate Conception[citation needed] Catherine of Siena[citation needed]
Venezuela	The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Coromoto[58])
Vietnam	Joseph Vietnamese Martyrs

Former states[]

• Kingdom of Bosnia – Gregory the Miracle-Worker and Saint Gregory after 1461.^[66]
• Czechoslovakia – Adalbert of Prague,^[33] John of Nepomuk,^[6] Ludmila, Cyril and Methodius,^[33] Wenceslas^[6]
• Flanders – Willibrord
• Medieval Livonia – Mary, mother of Jesus
• Lorraine – Nicholas of Myra
• The Mi'kmaq Nation – Anne
• Principality and Kingdom of Montenegro – Petar I Petrović Njegoš^[67][68]
• Prussia – Adalbert of Prague, Dorothy of Montau, Jutta of Kulmsee
• Moldavia – John of Suceava
• Kingdom of Serbia – Vitus^[69]
• Kingdom of Yugoslavia – Cyril and Methodius^[25]
• Republic of Genoa – Saint George
• Duchy of Milan – Saint Ambrose
• Republic of Venice – Saint Mark
• Republic of Ragusa – Saint Blaise

Administrative subdivisions[]

Country	Subdivision	Patron saint
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Martin of Tours
	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, Isidore the Laborer, Our Lady of the Pillar, Peter, Cecilia
	Córdoba	Jerome
	Corrientes	Our Lady of Itatí
	Misiones	Joseph
	San Luis	Louis IX of France
	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
	Tucumán	Isidore the Laborer
	Santa Cruz	Mary (as Virgin of the Valley), Our Lady of the Rosary, Mary Help of Christians
	Chubut	Our Lady of Guadalupe
	La Rioja	Patron Saint Nicholas of Bari, Our Lord of Good Health
Austria
	Upper Austria	Florian
	Styria	Joseph
	Carinthia	Joseph
Belgium
	Hainaut	Waltrude[70]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Republic of Srpska	Stephen
Brazil
	Acre	Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
	Alagoas	Mary (as Our Lady of Joy)
	Amapá	Joseph
	Amazonas	Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
	Bahia	Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
	Ceará	Joseph
	Distrito Federal	John Bosco
	Espírito Santo	Holy Spirit
	Goiás	Mary ( as Our Lady of Abadia)
	Maranhão	Saint Joseph (as Saint Joseph of Ribamar)
	Mato Grosso	Jesus Christ (as Our Lord, the Good Jesus)
	Mato Grosso do Sul	Mary, as Our Lady of the Abbey
	Minas Gerais	Mary (as Our Lady of Piety)
	Pará	Mary (as Our Lady of Nazareth)
	Paraíba	Mary (as Our Lady of Snows)
	Paraná	Mary (as Our Lady of Rocio)
	Pernambuco	Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
	Piauí	Mary (as Our Lady of Victory)
	Rio de Janeiro	Sebastian
	Rio Grande do Norte	Saint Martyrs of Cunhaú and Uruaçu
	Rio Grande do Sul	Peter
	Rondônia	Mary (as Our Lady of Nazareth)
	Roraima	Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
	Santa Catarina	Catherine of Alexandria
	São Paulo	Paul
	Sergipe	Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
	Tocantins	Mary (as Our Lady of Nativity)
Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador	John the Baptist
	Nova Scotia	Ninian
	Quebec	Anne John the Baptist
Croatia	Dalmatia	Blaise
Czech Republic	Bohemia	Wenceslas, Ludmila, Vitus, Adalbert of Prague, Agnes of Bohemia, Procopius, Sigismund of Burgundy, Norbert of Xanten, Joseph,[6] John of Nepomuk
	Moravia	Cyril and Methodius,[6] Wenceslas, Jan Sarkander
France	Alsace	Odile of Alsace
	Auvergne	Gerald Aurillac
	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.
	Corsica	Julia of Corsica, Devota, Alexander Sauli
	Île-de-France (Paris)	Denis, Genevieve
	Lorraine	Saint Nicholas, Joan of Arc
Germany	Bavaria	St. Mary Patroness of Bavaria (feast on 1 May), St. Rupert and St. Emmeram (Bavaria proper), St. Kilian and St. Sebaldus (Franconia) and St. Hedwig of Andechs
	Saxony	Willehad of Bremen
Greece	Aegina	Saint Nectarios
	Cephalonia	Saint Gerasimos
	Chios	Saint Markella
	Crete	Saint Titus
	Corfu	Saint Spyridon
	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
Italy	Cremona	Homobonus
	Sicily	Andrew Avellino, Nicholas of Myra, Rosalia
Kenya	Malindi	Francis Xavier
	Nyeri	Irene Stefani
Lebanon	North Lebanon	Awtel
	South Lebanon	Christina of Bolsena
Mexico	Chihuahua	Our Lady of La Soledad de Parral
	Veracruz	Rafael Guizar y Valencia
Philippines	Bicol	Mary (as Our Lady of Peñafrancia)
	Cagayan	Mary (as Our Lady of Piat)
	Western Visayas	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
Russia	Kaliningrad Oblast	Adalbert of Prague
Serbia	Vojvodina	Cyril and Methodius
Spain	Andalusia	John of Avila
	Aragon	Agathoclia, Braulio, George
	Asturias	Our Lady of Covadonga
	Castile	Emilian of Cogolla
	Canary Islands	Our Lady of Candelaria, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, José de Anchieta
	Cantabria	Virgen de la Bien Aparecida,
	Catalonia	George, Virgin of Montserrat
	Ceuta	Our Lady of Africa
	Euskadi	Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Prudence
	Extremadura	Virgen of Guadalupe, John the Baptist
	Galicia	James the Greater,[6]
	La Rioja	Virgen of Valvanera
	León	Marcellus of Tangier, Saint Froilan, Madonna of the Way (Virgen del Camino)
	Madrid	Saint Isidore the Laborer, Virgin of Almudena
	Navarre	Fermin, Francis Xavier, Saturnin, Santa María the Royal of Pamplona
	Valencia	Vincent Ferrer, Our Lady of the Forsaken
United Kingdom	England	George,[6] Edmund the Martyr, Edward the Confessor, Michael the Archangel,[29] Our Lady of Walsingham
	Berkshire	Birinus[citation needed]
	Cornwall	Piran, Michael the Archangel, Petroc[citation needed]
	Devon	Boniface
	Dorset
	East Anglia	Edmund the Martyr; Suffolk
	Essex	Cedd
	The English Fens	Guthlac[citation needed]
	Herefordshire	Dubricius[citation needed]
	Kent	Augustine of Canterbury
	London	Saint Paul
	Mercia	Chad of Mercia, Bertelin,[71] Alban
	Northumbria	Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Oswald
	Sussex	Richard of Chichester, Wilfrid
	Wessex	Aldhelm, Swithun
	West Riding of Yorkshire	Wilfrid
	Wiltshire	Osmund
	Northern Ireland	see Ireland (above)
	Scotland	Andrew the Apostle,[53] Margaret of Scotland, Columba,[6][39] Palladius
	Barra	Finbarr
	Eigg	Donnán
	Galloway	Ninian
	Lennox	Kessog
	Orkney Islands	Magnus
	Wales	David of Wales[58] (Welsh: Dewi Sant)
	Gibraltar (territory)	Bernard of Clairvaux,[72] Mary (as Our Lady of Europe)
	Guernsey (sovereign dependency)	Samson of Dol[73]
	Isle of Man (sovereign dependency)	Maughold[74]
	Jersey (sovereign dependency)	Helier[75]

Cities and towns[]

Argentina

• Junín, Buenos Aires – Ignatius Loyola

Australia

• Brisbane – Mary MacKillop
• Melbourne – Patrick
• Perth –
• Sydney – Mary MacKillop

Austria

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

Belgium

• Affligem – Michael (archangel)
• Anderlecht – Guy of Anderlecht^[76]
• Antwerp – Walburga, Ignatius of Loyola
• Brecht – Michael (archangel)
• Bruges – Andrew the Apostle^[77]
• Brussels – Gudula, Michael (archangel)
• Ghent – Bavo, Macarius of Antioch, Pharaildis
• Lier – Gummarus
• Mons – Waltrude^[70]
• Oudenarde – Walburga
• Temse – Amalberga

Brazil

• Ribeirão Preto – Sebastian
• Taquaritinga – Sebastian
• Rio de Janeiro – Sebastian
• São Paulo – Paul the Apostle
• Belo Horizonte – Ignatius of Loyola
• Jaboticabal – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
• Uberlândia – Our Lady of Abbey
• Niterói – John the Baptist
• Ilhéus – Sebastian
• Vitória – Our Lady of Victory
• Paraty – Virgin of Los Remedios
• Arraial do Cabo – Virgin of Los Remedios

Canada

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

Colombia

• Barranquilla – Nicholas of Tolentino and 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 –
• Medellín – Virgin of Candelaria and Lawrence of Rome
• Mocoa – Michael (archangel)
• Montería – Jerome
• Neiva – Immaculate Conception
• Pasto – Virgin of Mercy and John the Baptist
• Popayán – Ecce homo
• Santa Fe de Antioquia – Saint Barbara
• Santa Marta – Martha
• Soacha – Bernardino of Siena
• Tunja – James the Greater
• Valledupar – Ecce homo

Croatia

• Dubrovnik – Blaise
• Losinj – Gaudentius of Ossero
• Rab – Christopher
• Rijeka – Vitus
• Šibenik – Michael (archangel)
• Sisak – Quirinus
• Split – Duje
• Zagreb – Mary, Francis Xavier

Cuba

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

Czech Republic

• Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav – Wenceslas
• Brušperk – George
• Brno – and Saint Constantius
• České Budějovice –
• Dobřany – Vitus
• Frenštát pod Radhoštěm – Martin of Tours
• Hradec Králové – Clement of Rome
• Nepomuk – John of Nepomuk
• Olomouc – Paula of Rome
• Plzeň – Bartholomew
• Polná –
• Prague – John of Nepomuk, Wenceslas
• Sázava – Procopius of Sázava

Denmark

• Odense – Saint Alban
• Slagelse – Michael (archangel)
• Aarhus – Saint Clement of Rome

Ecuador

• Guayaquil – James the Greater
• Quito – Francis of Assisi
• Quito –

Egypt

• Alexandria – Cyril of Alexandria

France

• Abbeville – Wulfram of Sens
• Albi – Cecilia
• Autun – Symphorian
• Avignon – Agricola of Avignon -,^[78] 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,^[48] Genevieve
• Ploërmel – Saint Armel
• Plourin – Budoc
• Toulouse – Saturnin
• Tours – Gatianus of Tours, Martin of Tours
• Vannes – Paternus

Germany

• Aachen – Mary, Matthias
• Augsburg – Afra, Ulric
• Berlin – Benno, Otto of Bamberg, Hedwig of Silesia
• Bonn – Cassius of Narni, Adelaide
• Bremen – Oscar
• Brunswick – Andrew,  ^[de], 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
• Heraklion – Menas
• Katerini – Catherine
• 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 – St James the Less and St Philip the Apostle

Hungary

• Budapest – Gül Baba
• Dunakeszi – Michael
• Szentendre – Andrew

India

• Agartala – Francis Xavier
• Ahmedabad – Francis Xavier
• Bombay – Francis Xavier, Gonsalo Garcia
• Calcutta – Saint Teresa of Calcutta
• Madras – St.George
• Goa – Francis Xavier
• 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/ – Saint Berach^[79]
• Kilmallock, County Limerick –
• Limerick – Munchin
• Ross – Fachanan

Italy

• Abruzzi – Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
• Amalfi – Andrew the Apostle^[53]
• Ancona – Judas Cyriacus
• Aosta – Gratus of Aosta
• Aquila – Maximus of Aquila
• Assisi – Francis of Assisi
• Bari – Nicholas, Sabinus
• Benevento – Arthelais, Barbatus of Benevento
• Bergamo – Alexander of Bergamo
• Bologna – Saint Petronius
• Brescia – Faustinus and Jovita
• Brindisi – Lawrence of Brindisi
• Caltanissetta – Michael
• Capriate San Gervasio – Alexander of Bergamo^[80]
• Castellabate – Constabilis
• Castelplanio – Joseph
• Catania – Agatha,^[81] Aloysius Gonzaga^[82]
• Cervignano d'Adda – Alexander of Bergamo^[80]
• Como – Abundius
• Cuneo – Michael (archangel)
• Craco – Vincenzo Martyr
• Fabriano – Adrian of Nicomedia^[83]
• 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^[83]
• Imperia – Leonard of Port Maurice
• La Spezia – Joseph
• Ladispoli – Joseph
• Lecce – Bernardino Realino
• Lecco – Nicholas
• Macchia Valfortore – Nicholas
• Matelica – Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia^[83]
• Messina – Aloysius Gonzaga^[82]
• Milan – Ambrose
• Modica, Sicily – George
• Naples – Agnellus, Aloysius Gonzaga,^[82] Alphonsus Maria de Liguori,^[82] Andrew Avellino, James of the Marches, Januarius, John IV, Bishop of Naples, Patricia of Naples
• Nocera Inferiore –  [it]
• 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, Benedict the Black, Rosalia
• Pavia, Italy – Syrus of Pavia (Siro), Theodore of Pavia
• Padua – Anthony of Padua
• Pescia – Abdon^[84]
• 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
• Sant'Agata de' Goti – Alphonsus Maria de Liguori^[82]
• Salerno – Matthew the Apostle^[85]
• Siena – Ansanus the Baptizer, Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena
• Sorrento – Antoninus of Sorrento
• Spadafora – Joseph
• Syracuse – Lucy of Syracuse
• Taranto – Catald
• Trapani – Albert of Trapani,^[86]
• Trieste – Justus of Trieste
• Turin – John the Baptist, Joseph, Maximus of Turin, Octavius, Solutor
• Urbino – Crescentinus
• Venice – Mark the Evangelist^[65] 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

Malta

• Birgu – Lawrence
• Birkirkara – Anthony of Padua, Saint Helena, Joseph, Our Lady of Mount Carmel
• Birzebbugia – Peter
• Isla – , Christ the Redeemer
• Kalkara – Joseph
• Luqa – Andrew
• Marsaskala – Anne
• Mdina, Paul the Apostle's Conversion
• Msida – Joseph
• Qala – Joseph
• Siġġiewi – Nicholas
• 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

• Santiago de Querétaro – James the Greater

Montenegro

• Bar – Jovan Vladimir

The Netherlands

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

Norway

• Oslo – Hallvard

Philippines

• Antipolo, Rizal – Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage
• Bantay, Ilocos Sur – Saint Augustine, Our Lady of Charity
• Cabatuan, Iloilo, – Nicholas of Tolentino
• Cagayan de Oro – Augustine of Hippo
• Calatagan – Dominic of Silos
• Cavite – Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga, Our Lady of the Pillar
• Cebu – Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pedro Calungsod
• Davao – Peter The Apostle
• Las Piñas – Joseph
• Lipa – Sebastian
• Malabon – Saint Bartholomew, Immaculate Conception
• Mandaluyong – Philip Neri
• Manila – The Immaculate Conception, Lorenzo Ruiz
• Marikina –
• Muntinlupa –
• Naga City – Our Lady of Peñafrancia
• Obando – Our Lady of Salambao, Pascal Baylon, Claire of Assisi
• Parañaque – Andrew The Apostle,
• Pasay – Claire of Assisi
• Pateros – Martha, Roch
• Quezon City – Our Lady of La Naval de Manila
• San Juan – John the Baptist
• San Marcelino – Isidore the Laborer
• Surigao City – Nicholas of Tolentino
• Taal – Martin of Tours
• Taguig – Anne
• Tagum – Christ the King
• Tandag – Nicholas of Tolentino
• Tarlac – St. Sebastian

Poland

• Bydgoszcz – Martin of Tours
• Cracow – Faustina, Stanislaus of Szczepanów
• Częstochowa – Mary
• Łódź – Faustina
• Poznań – Paul, Peter
• Warsaw – Andrew Bobola, Faustina, Władysław of Gielniów
• Wrocław – John the Baptist

Portugal

• Lisbon – Anthony of Lisbon, Vincent
• Porto – John the Baptist
• Póvoa de Varzim – Peter

Romania

• Bucharest, Romania –
• Curtea de Argeș – Nicholas,
• Iași – Parascheva of the Balkans, George
• Sfântu Gheorghe – George
• 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)^[87] and Demetrius^[88]
• Sremska Mitrovica – Demetrius^[89] and Methodius
• Kragujevac – George
• Leskovac – Holy Trinity
• Niš – Procopius^[90]
• Novi Sad – George
• Prizren – George
• Arilje – Achillius
• Požarevac – Holy Trinity
• Svilajnac – Constantine and Helena

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

• Celje – Maximilian of Lorch
• Koper –
• Ljubljana – George
• Maribor – John the Baptist
• Ptuj – George

South Africa

• Witbank – Thérèse of Lisieux

Spain

• Alcalá de Henares – Justus, Pastor
• Andalusia – Saint Luke
• Barakaldo – Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Vincent of Saragossa
• Barcelona – Eulalia
• Calahorra – Emeterius and Celedonius
• Candeleda – Bernard of Valdeiglesias
• Cartagena –
• Cordoba – Acisclus and Victoria –^[91]
• Estremadura – Peter of Alcantara
• Granada, Spain – Caecilius of Elvira
• Jaén – Saint Luke
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) – Anne
• Madrid – Eustace, Isidore the Farmer, Justus, Pastor
• Mallorca – Alphonsus Rodriguez -^[92]
• Sahagun – Abdon^[84]
• 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
• Sestao – Peter
• Seville, Spain – Ferdinand III of Castile, Justa
• Toledo – Leocadia
• Valencia – Vincent Martyr
• Zamarramala – Agatha

Sri Lanka

• Negombo – Saint Sebastian

Sweden

• Stockholm – Eric of Sweden
• Växjö – Sigfrid

Tanzania

• Dodoma – Saint Stephen

Turkey

• Antakya – Barnabas
• Istanbul – John Chrysostom, Constantine of Rome, George, Roch
• İzmir – Polycarp

Ukraine

• Kyiv – Michael (archangel)

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 (archangel)
• Dundee – Mary
• Durham – Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
• Edinburgh – Giles
• Ely – Etheldreda
• Exeter – Sativola (English: Sidwell)
• Glasgow – Kentigern, Theneva
• Greenwich – Alfege
• Hereford – Thomas Cantilupe
• Holywell – Winifred
• Jarrow – Bede^[93]
• Leicester – Martin of Tours^[94]
• Lichfield – Chad of Mercia
• Lincoln – Mary, Hugh of Lincoln
• Linlithgow – Michael (archangel)
• 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
• 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^[95]
• Steyning – Cuthman
• Sunderland – Benedict Biscop^[96]
• 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, Ignatius of Loyola
• Boston, Massachusetts – Patrick
• Detroit, Michigan – Anne
• Kalamazoo, Michigan – Augustine of Hippo
• Las Vegas, Nevada – Paul the Apostle
• Los Angeles, California– Our Lady, Queen of Angels
• New Orleans, Louisiana – Joan of Arc
• New York City – Nicholas
• Ruskin, Florida – Anne
• Saint Augustine, Florida – Augustine of Hippo
• Saint Paul, Minnesota – Paul the Apostle
• 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
• St. Louis, Missouri – Louis
• Superior, Wisconsin – Augustine of Hippo
• Taos, New Mexico – Anne, John the Apostle
• Thibodaux, Louisiana – Valeria of Milan
• Tucson, Arizona – Augustine of Hippo

Archdioceses and dioceses[]

• Joseph

• Mary
  • Immaculate Conception – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila, Manila, Philippines
  • Diocese of Badulla, Sri Lanka
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Diocese of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
  • Diocese of Galle, Sri Lanka
  • Immaculate Mother of God – Diocese of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
  • Our Lady of Madhu – Diocese of Mannar, Sri Lanka
  • Our Lady of Prompt Succor – Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
• Anne – Diocese of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
• Saint Anthony of Padua – Diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka
• Asicus – Diocese of Elphin
• Augustine of Hippo – diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Andrew the Apostle – Diocese of Parañaque, Philippines
• Ciaran the Elder – Diocese of Ossory
• Eurosia – the diocese of Jaca
• Jarlath – the archdiocese of Tuam, Ireland
• Kevin – Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
• Lawrence O'Toole – Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
• Vibiana – Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
• Louis – the Archdiocese of St. Louis
• St. James the Greater – Archdiocese of Seattle
• Saint Peter and Saint Paul – Diocese of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
•  [it] – Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno
• Stanislaus of Cracow – archdiocese of Cracow, Poland
• Francis of Assisi – the Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
• Ignatius of Loyola – Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
• John Fisher – the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, New York
• Munchin – Diocese of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
• Saint Mary MacKillop – Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga^[98]

See also[]

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

References[]

• Holweck, Frederick G. (1924). A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. B. Herder.
• Bunson, Matthew, ed. (2012). Our Sunday Visitor's 2012 Catholic Almanac. Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 9781592760770.
• Walsh, Michael, ed. (1987). Butler's Lives of Patron Saints. Harper & Row. ISBN 0060692626.
• www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120814.cfm

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