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

## Continents

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Patron saints by regions Patron saints of Europe Continent | Patron saint | Notes

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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][8]
Óscar Romero
Herman of Alaska[9]

Antarctica | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Snows)[10]
John Bosco[11] |
Europe | Benedict of Nursia[12][13]
Cyril and Methodius[14][15]
Bridget of Sweden[12]
Catherine of Siena[12]
Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)[12] | Benedict of Nursia is the main patron saint,[16] the others are considered co-patrons.[17]
The Virgin Mary (It is believed the whole of Europe was granted protection under Our Lady of Europe in the 14th century[18])
Oceania | Saint Paisios of Mount Athos (Australia)
Peter Chanel[19] |

## Geographical regions

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Region | Patron saint

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Anatolia | John the Apostle[20]
Australasia | The Virgin Mary (as Mary Help of Christians[21])
Central Africa | The Immaculate Heart of Mary[22]
Central America | Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
Óscar Romero
Rose of Lima[8]
East Indies | Thomas the Apostle[23]
Far East | Francis Xavier
Indies | Rose of Lima[8]
Latin America | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe)[24]
North Africa (Libya, Tunisia)  | Cyprian[22]
Scandinavia | Ansgar[12]
South America | Rose of Lima[12][23][8]
South Asia | Francis Xavier
West Indies | Gertrude the Great
Pope Gregory I

## Countries

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St. Henry the bishop

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[12])
Andorra | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Meritxell)
Angola | The Immaculate Heart of Mary[12][25]
Argentina | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Luján[12])
Francis Solanus
Laura Vicuña
Martin of Tours
Armenia | Gregory the Illuminator[12]
Bartholomew the Apostle
Jude the Apostle
Mesrop Mashtots
Australia | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Help of Christians)[26]

Saint Paisios of Mount Athos[27]
Mary of the Cross MacKillop[28]

Austria | Joseph[25]
Colman of Stockerau[29]
Florian[25]
Leopold the Good
Maurice[25]
Severinus of Noricum
Vergilius of Salzburg
The Virgin Mary[23]
Azerbaijan | Bartholomew the Apostle[30]
Elisæus of Albania[31]
The Virgin Mary, Protector of Caucasus
John of Baku[32]
Bahrain | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Arabia)
Bangladesh | Francis Xavier
Barbados | Andrew[33]
Belarus | Cyril of Turov
Euphrosyne of Polotsk[34]
Belgium | Joseph[12][23]
Belize | George
Bolivia | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Candelaria,[12] Our Lady of Copacabana,[12] and Our Lady of Mount Carmel[35])
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Elijah[36]
Brazil | Saint Raphael the Archangel (As Protective Angel of the Brazilian Nation)

The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Aparecida)[12][35]
Peter of Alcantara[12]
Joseph of Anchieta[37]

Brunei | 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[12][23]
Saint George[23]
the Canadian Martyrs[5]
Patrick[citation needed]
Chile | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)[12]
James the Greater[12][23]
Teresa of Los Andes
China | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sheshan)
Joseph[12]
Francis Xavier
Chinese Martyrs
Colombia | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá)
Louis Bertrand[12]
Peter Claver[12]
Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena[12]
Costa Rica | The Virgin Mary (as Virgen de los Ángeles, also known as La Negrita)[38]
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[12])
Cyprus | Barnabas[39]
Lazarus
Marina the Martyr
Czech Republic | Adalbert of Prague
Agnes of Bohemia
John of Nepomuk
Ludmila
Cyril and Methodius
Procopius
Sigismund
Wenceslaus
Vitus
Democratic Republic of Congo | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[40])[23]
Joseph
Denmark | Ansgar[12]
Canute IV[12]
Dominican Republic | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Altagracia and Our Lady of Mercy[41][42][43])
Dominic[12]
East Timor | Our Lady of Immaculate
Ecuador | The Sacred Heart of Jesus[12]
The Immaculate Heart of Mary[44]
Mary Anne de Paredes (Spanish: Mariana de Paredes y Flores)
Our Lady of El Cisne[45]
Egypt | Mark the Evangelist[44]
Maurice
El Salvador | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Peace[12])
The Transfigured Jesus (the Divine Savior of the World)
Equatorial Guinea | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[12])
The Transfiguration of Jesus (as the Divine Savior of the World)
Ethiopia | Frumentius
George[12]
Faroe Islands | Olav the Holy
Fiji | Peter
Finland | Henry of Uppsala[12][23]
France | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption[12])
The Archangel Michael
Denis of Paris[23]
Martin of Tours
Louis IX
Joan of Arc[12]
Remi
Thérèse de Lisieux[12]
Petronilla
Radegund
Maurice
Georgia | George[12]
Nino
Germany | Adalbert of Magdeburg
Ansgar[46]
Boniface[12]
Bruno of Cologne
Peter Canisius
Kilian of Würzburg
The Archangel Michael[23][12]
Suitbert of Kaiserswerdt
George
Maurice
Greece | The Virgin Mary (as the Panagia)
George
Andrew
Nicholas of Myra
Paul the Apostle[47]
Greenland | Hans Egede[48][49]
Guam | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Camarin)
Guatemala | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Rosary)
James the Greater[47]
Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
Haiti | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Perpetual Succor[47])
Honduras | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Suyapa[47])
Hong Kong | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)[50]
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Chinese Martyrs
Hungary | The Virgin Mary
Adalbert of Prague
Astricus
Emeric of Hungary (Hungarian: Imre)
Cyril[51]
Gerard Sagredo
Stephen of Hungary[12][23]
Elizabeth of Hungary
Iceland | Ansgar[52]
Thorlac Thorhallsson[12]
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
Iran | Maruthas
Joseph
Ireland | Patrick[23][53]
Columba[12]
Brigid of Kildare[54]
Italy | Catherine of Siena[12]
Francis of Assisi[12]
Maurice
Jamaica | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
George
Japan | Peter Baptist[12]
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Our Lady of Akita
Jordan | John the Baptist[52]
Kenya | The Virgin Mary (as Mary, Queen of Love)[55]
George
Korea | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Joseph
Andrew Kim Taegon
Paul Chong Hasang
Korean Martyrs
Kuwait | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Arabia)
Latvia | George
Lebanon | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Lebanon)
Saint Maron

Barbara
Charbel Makhlouf

Lesotho | The Immaculate Heart of Mary[12][44]
Lithuania | Casimir[56]
George[57]
Luxembourg | Cunigunde of Luxemburg[6][12]
Willibrord[12]
Macau | 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)[12]
Paul the Apostle[12]
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[12][23])
Philip of Jesus
Joseph[58]
Moldova | George
Monaco | Devota[59]
Mozambique | Immaculate Conception
Netherlands | Plechelm
Willibrord[12][23]
New Caledonia | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption[19])
New Zealand | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption[12])
Joseph

Peter Chanel[60]
George
Andrew
Patrick

Nicaragua | James the Greater[19]
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Nigeria | Patrick[19]
North Macedonia | Clement of Ohrid
Cyril and Methodius
Norway | Olaf II (known as Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae)[12][23]
Magnus of Orkney[19]
Pakistan | Francis Xavier[61]
George
State of Palestine | 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[61])
Martin of Tours[12]
Peru | Rose of Lima
Turibius of Mogroveio
Joseph[12]
Philippines | The Virgin Mary (as

* Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
* Our Lady of Guadalupe
* Our Lady of La Naval de Manila
* Mary, Help of Christians
* Our Lady of Perpetual Help[12][61] and her Immaculate Heart)[12]

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)[12]
Adalbert of Prague[62]
Stanislaus of Cracow[12]
Stanislaus Kostka
Andrew Bobola
Jadwiga of Poland
Casimir[56]
Hyacinth
Kinga of Poland[12]
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)[12]
Anthony of Padua[12]
The Guardian Angel of Portugal
George[12][23]
Romania | Virgin Mary
Andrew
Stephen the Great
George
Parascheva
John of Suceava
Russia | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Derzhavnaya)
Alexander Nevsky
Andrew[63]
Basil the Great[64]
Casimir[64]
George
Joseph[64]
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[12][64]
Agatha
Serbia | Sava[65][66]
Cyril and Methodius
Singapore | Francis Xavier
Joseph
Anna Wang
Slovakia | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sorrows)[12]
Cyril and Methodius
Slovenia | Joseph
Cyril and Methodius
Solomon Islands | The Archangel Michael[67]
South Africa | George
Martin of Tours[12]
South Sudan | Josephine Bakhita
Spain | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)[67]
James the Greater[23]
Teresa of Ávila[12]
Sri Lanka | Francis Xavier
Lawrence[12]
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[68][23]
Eric IX[12]
Sigfrid of Sweden
Switzerland | Gall
Nicholas of Flue[69]
Syria | Barbara
Taiwan | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Joseph
Anna Wang
Tanzania | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[68])
George
Thailand | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
Joseph
Tunisia | Cyprian of Carthage[25]
Turkey | John the Apostle[70]
George
Uganda | Uganda Martyrs[71]
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Africa)[72]
Ukraine | Andrew
George
Vladimir I of Kiev
The Virgin Mary (as Protecting Veil of the Theotokos)
Uruguay | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Thirty-Three[73])
James the Less
Philip the Apostle[74]
United States | The Virgin Mary (as Mary of the Immaculate Conception)[75]
The Archangel Michael
George
Andrew
Patrick
Venezuela | The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Coromoto[68])
Vietnam | Joseph
Vietnamese Martyrs

### Former countries

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Country | Patron saint

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Crown of Aragon | Saint George
Kingdom of Bosnia | Gregory the Miracle-Worker[76]
Duchy of Burgundy | Andrew the Apostle
Czechoslovakia | Adalbert of Prague[46]
John of Nepomuk[12]
Ludmila
Cyril and Methodius[46]
Wenceslaus[12]
Medieval Livonia | Theotokos
Duchy of Lorraine | Nicholas of Myra
Prussia | Adalbert of Prague
Dorothy of Montau
Jutta of Kulmsee
Andrew the Apostle
Moldavia | John of Suceava
Kingdom of Serbia | Vitus[77]
Kingdom of Yugoslavia | Cyril and Methodius[40]
Republic of Genoa | Saint George
Duchy of Milan | Saint Ambrose
Republic of Venice | Saint Mark
Theodore[78]
Republic of Ragusa | Saint Blaise
Holy Roman Empire | Maurice

## Administrative subdivisions

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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(s)

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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
Our Lady of the Pillar
Peter
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 | Nicholas of Bari
Austria
Upper Austria | Florian
Styria | Joseph
Carinthia | Joseph
Belgium |  Hainaut | Waltrude[79]
Flanders | Lutgardis, Amandus
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 | Wenceslaus, Ludmila, Vitus, Adalbert of Prague, Agnes of Bohemia, Procopius, Sigismund of Burgundy, Norbert of Xanten, Joseph,[12] John of Nepomuk
Moravia | Cyril and Methodius,[12] Wenceslaus, 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
Northern Catalonia | Saint John, George
Germany |  Bavaria | St. Mary Patroness of Bavaria (feast on 1 May)
St. Rupert and St. Emmeram (Bavaria proper)
St. Kilian and St. Sebaldus (Franconia)
St. Hedwig of Andechs
Saxony | 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[23]
Italy |  Cremona | Homobonus
Lombardy | Charles Borromeo[23]
Piedmont | Saint Maurice[23]
Sicily | Andrew Avellino, Nicholas of Myra, Rosalia
Kenya | Nyeri | Irene Stefani
Lebanon | North Lebanon | Awtel
South Lebanon | Christina of Bolsena
Malaysia |  Penang | Anne
Francis Xavier
Malacca | Francis Xavier
Sabah
Labuan | Joseph
Mary (Our Lady of Mount Kinabalu)
Sarawak | Joseph
Mexico | Chihuahua | Our Lady of La Soledad de Parral
Veracruz | Rafael Guizar y Valencia
Philippines |  Albay | Mary (Our Lady of Salvation)
Batangas | Saint Joseph, Our Lady of Caysasay
Bicol (region) | Mary (as Our Lady of Peñafrancia)
Cagayan | Mary (Our Lady of Piat)
Laguna | James the Apostle
Pampanga | Mary (as Virgen de los Remedios)
Quezon | Isidore the Laborer
Rizal | 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
Russia |  Kaliningrad Oblast | Adalbert of Prague
Serbia |  Vojvodina | Cyril and Methodius
Spain |  Andalusia | John of Avila, Virgin of Hope of Macarena
Aragon | Our Lady of the Pillar, Agathoclia, Braulio, George
Asturias | Our Lady of Covadonga
Castile | Emilian of Cogolla
Canary Islands | Our Lady of Candelaria, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
Cantabria | Our Lady of Aparecida,
Catalonia | George, Virgin of Montserrat
Ceuta | Our Lady of Africa
Euskadi | Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Prudence
Extremadura | Our Lady of Guadalupe, John the Baptist
Galicia | James the Greater[12]
La Rioja | Our Lady of Valvanera
Leonese Country | Marcellus of Tangier
Madrid | Isidore the Laborer, Virgin of Almudena
Navarre | Fermin, Francis Xavier, Saturnin, Santa María the Royal of Pamplona, Raymond of Penyafort
Valencia | Vincent Ferrer, Our Lady of the Forsaken
United Kingdom

†Crown dependencies  |  England | George[12][23]
Gregory the Great
Augustine of Canterbury
Edmund the Martyr
Edward the Confessor
Michael the Archangel[44]
Our Lady of Walsingham
Berkshire | Birinus[citation needed]
Cornwall | Piran, Michael the Archangel, Petroc[citation needed]
Devon | Boniface
Dorset | Wite[80]
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,[81] Alban
Northumbria | Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Oswald
Sussex | Richard of Chichester, Wilfrid
Wessex | Aldhelm, Swithun
West Riding of Yorkshire | Wilfrid
Wiltshire | Osmund
Northern Ireland | Saint Patrick (also see Ireland (above))
Scotland | Andrew the Apostle,[63][23] Margaret of Scotland, Columba,[12][52] Palladius
Barra | Finbarr
Eigg | Donnán
Galloway | Ninian
Lennox | Kessog
Orkney | Magnus
Wales | David[68][23]
Gibraltar (territory) | Bernard of Clairvaux,[82] Mary (as Our Lady of Europe)
Guernsey† | Samson of Dol[83]
Isle of Man† | Maughold[84]
Jersey† | Helier[85]
United States |  Alabama | Our Lady of the Gulf[86][87]
Alaska | St. Herman of Alaska, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Our Lady of the Kodiak and the Islands[86][87]
Arizona | Our Lady of the Highways[86][87]
Arkansas | Our Lady of the Holy Souls[86][87]
California | St. Junipero Serra, Our Lady of the Refuge, Our Lady of the Wayside[86][87]
Colorado | St. Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[86][87]
Connecticut | Notre Dame of Easton[86][87]
Delaware | Our Lady of Mercy[86][87]
Florida | Our Lady of La Leche[86][87]
Georgia | Immaculate Heart of Mary[86][87]
Hawaii | Father Damien, St. Marianne Cope, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Our Lady Queen of Peace[86][87]
Idaho | Our Lady of Limerick[86][87]
Illinois | Our Lady of the Universe[86][87]
Indiana | St. Théodore Guérin, Our Lady of Providence[86][87]
Iowa | Mary of Nazareth[86][87]
Kansas | Mary Queen of Angels[86][87]
Kentucky | Mary Mother of God[86][87]
Louisiana | Our Lady of Prompt Succor[86][87]
Maine | Our Lady of Peace[86][87]
Maryland | St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Our Lady of the Assumption[86][87]
Massachusetts | St. Patrick, Our Lady of the Incarnation[86][87]
Michigan | Our Lady Gate of Heaven[86][87]
Minnesota | Our Lady Mother of the Church[86][87]
Mississippi | Our Lady of Sorrows[86][87]
Missouri | Our Lady of Calvary[86][87]
Montana | Our Lady of the Pines[86][87]
Nebraska | Our Lady of the Presentation[86][87]
Nevada | Our Lady of Las Vegas[86][87]
New Hampshire | Our Lady of Perpetual Help[86][87]
New Jersey | Our Lady of Fatima[86][87]
New Mexico | Our Lady of Guadalupe[86][87]
New York | St. Nicholas, Our Lady Help of Christians[86][87]
North Carolina | Our Lady of the Holy Rosary[86][87]
North Dakota | Mary Queen of Peace[86][87]
Ohio | Our Lady of Consolation[86][87]
Oklahoma | Our Lady, Queen of all Saints[86][87]
Oregon | Our Lady of the Woods[86][87]
Pennsylvania | Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal[86][87]
Puerto Rico | Our Lady of Providence[88]
Rhode Island | Our Lady of Mount Carmel[86][87]
South Carolina | Mary the Virgin Mother[86][87]
South Dakota | Our Lady of the Prairie[86][87]
Tennessee | Our Lady of Lourdes[86][87]
Texas | Our Lady of the Annunciation[86][87]
Utah | Our Lady of the Snows[86][87]
Vermont | Our Lady of Grace[86][87]
Virginia | Our Lady Queen of the Apostles[86][87]
Washington | Our Lady of Good Help[86][87]
West Virginia | Our Lady of Victory[86][87]
Wisconsin | Our Lady of the Americas[86][87]
Wyoming | Our Lady of the Valley[86][87]

## Cities and towns

[edit]

Catherine of Siena writing

### Argentina

[edit]

* Junín – Ignatius of Loyola
* Mar del Plata – Cecilia

### Australia

[edit]

* Brisbane – Mary MacKillop
* Melbourne – Patrick
* Sydney – Mary MacKillop

### Austria

[edit]

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

### Azerbaijan

[edit]

* Baku – Bartholomew the Apostle[89]

### Bangladesh

[edit]

* Dinajpur – Francis Xavier

### Belgium

[edit]

* Affligem – Michael
* Anderlecht – Guy of Anderlecht[90]
* Antwerp – Walburga
* Brecht – Michael
* Bruges – Andrew the Apostle[91]
* Brussels – Gudula, Michael
* Ghent – Bavo, Macarius of Antioch, Pharaildis
* Lier – Gummarus
* Mons – Waltrude[79]
* Oudenarde – Walburga
* Temse – Amalberga

### Bosnia and Herzegovina

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* Grude – St. Catherine of Alexandria

### Brazil

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

### Cuba

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

### Czech Republic

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* 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
* Český Těšín – Melchior Grodziecki
* Chomutov – Michael
* Davle – John the Baptist
* Dobřany – Vitus
* Frenštát pod Radhoštěm – Martin of Tours
* Hradec Králové – Clement of Rome
* Jindřichův Hradec – Hippolytus of Rome
* Moravský Krumlov – Florian
* 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

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* Odense – Saint Alban
* Slagelse – Michael
* Aarhus – Saint Clement of Rome

### Ecuador

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* Guayaquil – James the Greater
* Loja – Sebastian
* Quito – Francis of Assisi

### Egypt

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* Alexandria – Cyril of Alexandria

### France

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* Abbeville – Wulfram of Sens
* Albi – Cecilia
* Autun – Symphorian
* Avignon – Agricola of Avignon,[92] 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,[61] Genevieve
* Ploërmel – Saint Armel
* Plourin – Budoc
* Saint-Sève – Severus of Vienne
* Toulouse – Saturnin
* Tours – Gatianus of Tours, Martin of Tours
* Vannes – Paternus

### Germany

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* Aachen – Mary, Matthias
* Augsburg – Afra, Ulric
* Berlin – Saint Peter, Otto of Bamberg, Hedwig of Silesia
* Bonn – Cassius of Narni, Adelaide
* Bremen – Oscar
* Brunswick – Andrew, Auctor [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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Tegucigalpa – Theophilus of Antioch

### Hungary

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* Budapest – Peter the Apostle
* Dunakeszi – Michael
* Győr – Sebastian
* Szentendre – Andrew the Apostle

### India

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* 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

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* Clonmacnoise – Ciaran the Younger
* Cloyne – Colman of Cloyne
* Cork – Finbarr
* Dublin – Laurence O'Toole
* Fahan – Mura
* Ferns – Aeden of Ferns
* Kilbarry/Tarmonbarry – Saint Berach[93]
* Kilmallock, County Limerick – Mochelloc
* Limerick – Munchin
* Ross – Fachanan

### Italy

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* Abruzzi – Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
* Amalfi – Andrew the Apostle[63]
* 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[94]
* Castellabate – Constabilis
* Castelplanio – Joseph
* Catania – Agatha,[95] Aloysius Gonzaga[96]
* Cervignano d'Adda – Alexander of Bergamo[94]
* Colliano – Pope Leo X
* Como – Abundius
* Corato – Saint Catald
* Craco – Vincenzo Martyr
* Cuneo – Michael
* Fabriano – Adrian of Nicomedia[97]
* 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[97]
* Imperia – Leonard of Port Maurice
* La Spezia – Joseph
* Ladispoli – Joseph
* Lecce – Bernardino Realino
* Lecco – Nicholas
* Macchia Valfortore – Nicholas
* Matelica – Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia[97]
* Messina – Aloysius Gonzaga[96]
* Milan – Ambrose
* Modica, Sicily – George
* Muro Lucano – Saint Gerard Majella
* Naples – Agnellus, Aloysius Gonzaga,[96] Alphonsus Maria de Liguori,[96] Andrew Avellino, James of the Marches, Januarius, John IV, Bishop of Naples, Patricia of Naples
* Nocera Inferiore – Prisque of Nocera [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 of Sicily, Benedict the Black, Rosalia
* Pavia, Italy – Syrus of Pavia (Siro), Theodore of Pavia
* Padua – Anthony of Padua
* Pescia – Abdon and Sennen[98]
* 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[96]
* Salerno – Matthew the Apostle[99]
* Siena – Ansanus the Baptizer, Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena
* Sorrento – Antoninus of Sorrento
* Spadafora – Joseph
* Syracuse – Lucy of Syracuse
* Taranto – Catald
* Trapani – Albert of Trapani[100]
* Trieste – Justus of Trieste
* Turin – John the Baptist, Joseph, Maximus of Turin, Octavius, Solutor
* Urbino – Crescentinus
* Venice – Mark the Evangelist[74] George, Theodore of Amasea
* Veroli – Mary Salome
* Verona – Zeno of Verona
* Volperino, Foligno – Maro

### Kenya

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* Kisumu – Thérèse of Lisieux

### Lebanon

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* Beirut – George
* Zahlé – Prophet Elias
* Zgharta – Virgin Mary, Saydet Zgharta

### Lithuania

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* Kaunas – Nicholas
* Vilnius – Antony of Vilnius, Christopher, Eustace of Vilnius, John of Vilnius

### Madagascar

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* Antananarivo – Joseph
* Antsiranana – Francis Xavier

### Malta

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* 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

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

### Montenegro

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* Bar – Jovan Vladimir

### Netherlands

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* 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

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* Managua – Theophilus of Antioch

### Norway

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* Oslo – Hallvard

### Peru

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

### Philippines

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Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City, 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[101]
* 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
* Indang, Cavite – Gregory The Great
* Iloilo City – Our Lady of the Candles
* Las Piñas – Joseph
* Lemery, Batangas – Roch
* Leon – St. Catherine of Alexandria
* Lian, Batangas – John the Baptist
* Lumban – Sebastian
* Makati – Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles, Our Lady of Guadalupe, John Bosco
* Malabon – Saint Bartholomew, Immaculate Conception
* Mandaluyong – Philip Neri, Dominic Savio
* Manila – The Immaculate Conception, Lorenzo Ruiz, Virgin of Montserrat, Andrew The Apostle
* 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, John Bosco, Sto. Niño De Parañaque, Dominic Savio, Laura Vicuña
* Pasay – Claire of Assisi, Thérèse of Lisieux
* Pasig – Immaculate Conception
* Pateros – Martha, Roch
* Porac – St. Catherine of Alexandria
* Pulilan – Isidore the Laborer[102]
* 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, Batangas – John the Baptist
* 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[103]
* Taytay – St. John the Baptist (Tata Anto)
* Tayum – St. Catherine of Alexandria

### Poland

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* 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

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* Funchal – James the Less, Saint Roch[104]
* Lisbon – Anthony of Lisbon, Vincent of Saragossa
* Porto – John the Baptist
* Póvoa de Varzim – Peter

### Romania

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* 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

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* 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

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* Kigali – Stephen

### Serbia

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* Belgrade – Jesus (as the Holy Saviour),[105] Demetrius,[106] Theophilus of Antioch
* Sremska Mitrovica – Demetrius[107] and Methodius
* Kragujevac – George
* Leskovac – Holy Trinity
* Niš – Procopius[108]
* Novi Sad – George
* Prizren – George
* Arilje – Achillius
* Požarevac – Holy Trinity
* Svilajnac – Constantine, Helena

### Slovakia

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* Košice – Elizabeth of Hungary
* Kysucké Nové Mesto – James, son of Alphaeus
* Nitra – Andrew Zorard
* Svätý Jur – George

### Slovenia

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

### South Africa

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* Cape Town – Francis Xavier
* Witbank – Thérèse of Lisieux

### Spain

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* 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[109]
* 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 -[110]
* Sahagun – Abdon[98]
* 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

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* Colombo – Lawrence
* Negombo – Sebastian

### Sweden

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* Stockholm – Eric of Sweden
* Växjö – Sigfrid of Sweden

### Syria

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* Damascus – John of Damascus

### Tanzania

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* Dodoma – Stephen

### Turkey

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

### Ukraine

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* Kyiv – Michael

### United Kingdom

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* 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[111]
* Leicester – Martin of Tours[112]
* 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[113]
* Steyning – Cuthman
* Sunderland – Benedict Biscop[114]
* Tyne and Wear – Bede
* Winchcombe – Kenelm
* Winchester – Swithun
* Worcester – Oswald of Worcester, Wulfstan
* Wrexham – Richard Gwyn
* York – Peter, William of York

### United States

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* 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

### Venezuela

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* Maracay – Saint Joseph

## Extraterrestrial locations

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See also: Religion in space

Mary is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, which the Bishop claimed included the moon. Location | Patron saint | Notes

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Outer space | Joseph of Cupertino | Because of his ability to levitate, Joseph of Cupertino is the patron saint of astronauts.[115]
Moon | Mary, mother of Jesus | Mary is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando,[116] 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.[117][118][119]

## See also

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* Saints portal

* 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

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