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 |
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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] |
|
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 |
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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 |
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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] |
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] |
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 |
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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 –
- 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
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
- Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska
- Archdiocese of Verapoly, India
- Archdiocese of Hyderabad, India
- , India
- , India
- Diocese of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
- Diocese of Balanga, Philippines
- Diocese of Bangued, Philippines
- Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi
- Diocese of Buffalo, New York
- Diocese of Butuan, Philippines
- Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Archdiocese of Cologne, Germany
- Diocese of Daet, Philippines
- Archdiocese of Hanoi, Vietnam
- Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut
- Diocese of Itanagar, India
- Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin
- Archdiocese of Lipa, Philippines
- Diocese of Libmanan, Philippines
- Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky
- Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta
- Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire
- Diocese of Mangalore, India
- Diocese of Menevia, Wales
- Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee
- Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany
- Diocese of Palghat, India
- Diocese of Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Diocese of Romblon, Philippines
- Diocese of San Jose, California
- Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
- Diocese of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
- Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Diocese of Tagbilaran, Philippines
- Diocese of Virac, Philippines
- Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia[97]
- 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
- 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
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