Patron saints of places

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

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Continents

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Patron saints by regions
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Patron saints of Europe
ContinentPatron saintNotes
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

RegionPatron saint
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".

CountryPatron saint
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Good Counsel [12] )
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Meritxell)
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola The Immaculate Heart of Mary [12] [25]
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Luján [12] )
Francis Solanus
Laura Vicuña
Martin of Tours
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Gregory the Illuminator [12]
Bartholomew the Apostle
Jude the Apostle
Mesrop Mashtots
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Help of Christians) [26]

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

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

Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei Francis Xavier
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Cyril and Methodius
John of Rila
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia Joseph
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon The Blessed Virgin Mary (Immaculate Heart of Mary)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Jean de Brébeuf
Joseph
Anne [12] [23]
Saint George [23]
the Canadian Martyrs [5]
Patrick [ citation needed ]
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel) [12]
James the Greater [12] [23]
Teresa of Los Andes
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sheshan)
Joseph [12]
Francis Xavier
Chinese Martyrs
Flag of Colombia.svg  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]
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica The Virgin Mary (as Virgen de los Ángeles, also known as La Negrita) [38]
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Joseph (by the decision of the Croatian Parliament from 1687 he is the official patron saint of Croatia)
Jerome
Cyril and Methodius
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Charity [12] )
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Barnabas [39]
Lazarus
Marina the Martyr
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Adalbert of Prague
Agnes of Bohemia
John of Nepomuk
Ludmila
Cyril and Methodius
Procopius
Sigismund
Wenceslaus
Vitus
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of Congo The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception [40] ) [23]
Joseph
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Ansgar [12]
Canute IV [12]
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Altagracia and Our Lady of Mercy [41] [42] [43] )
Dominic [12]
Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor Our Lady of Immaculate
Flag of Ecuador.svg  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]
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mark the Evangelist [44]
Maurice
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Peace [12] )
The Transfigured Jesus (the Divine Savior of the World)
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception [12] )
The Transfiguration of Jesus (as the Divine Savior of the World)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Frumentius
George [12]
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands Olav the Holy
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Peter
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Henry of Uppsala [12] [23]
Flag of France.svg  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
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia George [12]
Nino
Flag of Germany.svg  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
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece The Virgin Mary (as the Panagia)
George
Andrew
Nicholas of Myra
Paul the Apostle [47]
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Hans Egede [48] [49]
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Camarin)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Rosary)
James the Greater [47]
Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Perpetual Succor [47] )
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Suyapa [47] )
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) [50]
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Chinese Martyrs
Flag of Hungary.svg  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
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Ansgar [52]
Thorlac Thorhallsson [12]
Flag of India.svg  India The Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of the Assumption)
Thomas the Apostle
Francis Xavier
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia The Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Perpetual Help)
Joseph
Thomas
Francis Xavier
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Maruthas
Joseph
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Patrick [23] [53]
Columba [12]
Brigid of Kildare [54]
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel The Archangel Michael [55]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Catherine of Siena [12]
Francis of Assisi [12]
Maurice
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
George
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Peter Baptist [12]
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Our Lady of Akita
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan John the Baptist [52]
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya The Virgin Mary (as Mary, Queen of Love) [56]
George
Flag of Korea (1899).svg  Korea The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Joseph
Andrew Kim Taegon
Paul Chong Hasang
Korean Martyrs
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Arabia)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia George
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Lebanon)
Barbara
Charbel Makhlouf
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho The Immaculate Heart of Mary [12] [44]
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Casimir [57]
George [58]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Cunigunde of Luxemburg [6] [12]
Willibrord [12]
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
John the Baptist
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Catherine of Siena
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Vincent de Paul
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Francis Xavier
George
Flag of Malta.svg  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)
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Louis IX of France
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe [12] [23] )
Philip of Jesus
Joseph [59]
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova George
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Devota [60]
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Immaculate Conception
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Plechelm
Willibrord [12] [23]
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption [19] )
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption [12] )
Joseph

Peter Chanel [61]
George
Andrew
Patrick

Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua James the Greater [19]
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Patrick [19]
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Clement of Ohrid
Cyril and Methodius
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Olaf II (known as Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae ) [12] [23]
Magnus of Orkney [19]
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Francis Xavier [62]
George
Flag of Palestine.svg  State of Palestine The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady, Queen of Palestine)
George
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Antigua)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea The Archangel Michael
Andrew
George
Joseph
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Caacupé [62] )
Martin of Tours [12]
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Rose of Lima
Turibius of Mogroveio
Joseph [12]
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines The Virgin Mary (as

Lorenzo Ruíz
Pedro Calungsod
Pudentiana
Rose of Lima
Santo Niño de Cebú

Flag of Poland.svg  Poland The Virgin Mary (as The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland and Our Lady of Częstochowa) [12]
Adalbert of Prague [63]
Stanislaus of Cracow [12]
Stanislaus Kostka
Andrew Bobola
Jadwiga of Poland
Casimir [57]
Hyacinth
Kinga of Poland [12]
John of Kanty
Florian
Wenceslaus
John of Dukla
Hedwig of Silesia
Pope John Paul II
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) [12]
Anthony of Padua [12]
The Guardian Angel of Portugal
George [12] [23]
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Virgin Mary
Andrew
Stephen the Great
George
Parascheva
John of Suceava
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Derzhavnaya)
Alexander Nevsky
Andrew [64]
Basil the Great [65]
Casimir [65]
George
Joseph [65]
Vladimir I of Kiev
Boris and Gleb
Sergius of Radonezh
Thérèse of Lisieux
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Christ the King
Andrew
Joseph
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino Marinus
Nicholas of Myra [12] [65]
Agatha
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Sava [66] [67]
Cyril and Methodius
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Francis Xavier
Joseph
Anna Wang
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sorrows) [12]
Cyril and Methodius
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Joseph
Cyril and Methodius
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands The Archangel Michael [68]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa George
Martin of Tours [12]
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception) [68]
James the Greater [23]
Teresa of Ávila [12]
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  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
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Josephine Bakhita
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Bridget of Sweden [69] [23]
Eric IX [12]
Sigfrid of Sweden
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Gall
Nicholas of Flue [70]
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria Barbara
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Joseph
Anna Wang
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception [69] )
George
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
Joseph
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Cyprian of Carthage [25]
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey John the Apostle [71]
George
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Uganda Martyrs [72]
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Africa) [73]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Andrew
George
Vladimir I of Kiev
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Thirty-Three [74] )
James the Less
Philip the Apostle [75]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States The Virgin Mary (as Mary of the Immaculate Conception) [76]
The Archangel Michael
George
Andrew
Patrick
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Coromoto [69] )
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Joseph
Vietnamese Martyrs

Former countries

CountryPatron saint
Bosnian Royal Flag of Tvrtko I of Bosnia.svg  Kingdom of Bosnia Gregory the Miracle-Worker [77]
Ancient Flag of Burgundy.svg  Duchy of Burgundy Andrew the Apostle
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Adalbert of Prague [46]
John of Nepomuk [12]
Ludmila
Cyril and Methodius [46]
Wenceslaus [12]
Medieval Livonia Theotokos
Flag of Lorraine.svg  Duchy of Lorraine Nicholas of Myra
Flag of Prussia (1892-1918).svg  Prussia Adalbert of Prague
Dorothy of Montau
Jutta of Kulmsee
Andrew the Apostle
Flag of Moldavia.svg  Moldavia John of Suceava
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg  Kingdom of Serbia Vitus [78]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Kingdom of Yugoslavia Cyril and Methodius [40]
Flag of Genoa.svg  Republic of Genoa Saint George
Flag of the Duchy of Milan (1450).svg  Duchy of Milan Saint Ambrose
Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg  Republic of Venice Saint Mark
Theodore [79]
St. Blaise - National Flag of the Ragusan Republic.svg  Republic of Ragusa Saint Blaise
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg  Holy Roman Empire Maurice

Administrative subdivisions

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

CountrySubdivisionPatron saint
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Bandera de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.svg  Buenos Aires Martin of Tours
Bandera de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.svg  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
Bandera de la Provincia de Cordoba 2014.svg  Córdoba Jerome
Bandera de la Provincia de Corrientes.svg  Corrientes Our Lady of Itatí
Bandera de la Provincia de Misiones.svg  Misiones Joseph
Flag of San Luis Province.svg  San Luis Louis IX of France
Bandera de la Provincia de Santa Fe.svg  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
Bandera de la Provincia de Tucuman.svg  Tucumán Isidore the Laborer
Bandera de la Provincia de Santa Cruz.svg  Santa Cruz Mary (as Virgin of the Valley), Our Lady of the Rosary, Mary Help of Christians
Flag of chubut province in argentina - bandera de chubut.svg  Chubut Our Lady of Guadalupe
Flag of La Rioja province in Argentina.svg La Rioja Nicholas of Bari
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Oberosterreich.svg  Upper Austria Florian
Flag of Styria.svg  Styria Joseph
Flag of Karnten.svg  Carinthia Joseph
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of Hainaut.svg  Hainaut Waltrude [80]
Flag of Flanders.svg  Flanders Lutgardis, Amandus
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg  Republic of Srpska Stephen
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bandeira do Acre.svg  Acre Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
Bandeira de Alagoas.svg  Alagoas Mary (as Our Lady of Joy)
Bandeira do Amapa.svg  Amapá Joseph
Bandeira do Amazonas.svg  Amazonas Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
Bandeira da Bahia.svg  Bahia Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
Bandeira do Ceara.svg  Ceará Joseph
Bandeira do Distrito Federal (Brasil).svg  Distrito Federal John Bosco
Bandeira do Espirito Santo.svg  Espírito Santo Holy Spirit
Flag of Goias.svg  Goiás Mary ( as Our Lady of Abadia)
Bandeira do Maranhao.svg  Maranhão Saint Joseph (as Saint Joseph of Ribamar)
Bandeira de Mato Grosso.svg  Mato Grosso Jesus Christ (as Our Lord, the Good Jesus)
Bandeira de Mato Grosso do Sul.svg  Mato Grosso do Sul Mary, as Our Lady of the Abbey
Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg  Minas Gerais Mary (as Our Lady of Piety)
Bandeira do Para.svg  Pará Mary (as Our Lady of Nazareth)
Bandeira da Paraiba.svg  Paraíba Mary (as Our Lady of Snows)
Bandeira do Parana.svg  Paraná Mary (as Our Lady of Rocio)
Bandeira de Pernambuco.svg  Pernambuco Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
Bandeira do Piaui.svg  Piauí Mary (as Our Lady of Victory)
Bandeira do estado do Rio de Janeiro.svg  Rio de Janeiro Sebastian
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg  Rio Grande do Norte Saint Martyrs of Cunhaú and Uruaçu
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg  Rio Grande do Sul Peter
Bandeira de Rondonia.svg  Rondônia Mary (as Our Lady of Nazareth)
Bandeira de Roraima.svg  Roraima Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
Bandeira de Santa Catarina.svg  Santa Catarina Catherine of Alexandria
Bandeira do estado de Sao Paulo.svg  São Paulo Paul
Bandeira de Sergipe.svg  Sergipe Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
Bandeira do Tocantins.svg  Tocantins Mary (as Our Lady of Nativity)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador John the Baptist
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Ninian
Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec Anne
John the Baptist
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Flag of the Kingdom of Dalmatia.svg  Dalmatia Blaise
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Bohemia.svg  Bohemia Wenceslaus, Ludmila, Vitus, Adalbert of Prague, Agnes of Bohemia,

Procopius, Sigismund of Burgundy, Norbert of Xanten, Joseph, [12] John of Nepomuk

Banner of arms of Moravia.svg  Moravia Cyril and Methodius, [12] Wenceslaus, Jan Sarkander
Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Alsace.svg  Alsace Odile of Alsace
Flag of Auvergne.svg  Auvergne Gerald Aurillac
Flag of Brittany (Gwenn ha du).svg  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.
Flag of Corsica.svg  Corsica Julia of Corsica, Devota, Alexander Sauli
IDF flag.svg  Île-de-France (Paris) Denis, Genevieve
Lorraine.svg  Lorraine Saint Nicholas, Joan of Arc
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg  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
Flag of Saxony.svg  Saxony Willehad of Bremen
Flag of Greece.svg  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
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Borneo Francis Xavier [23]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Cremuna flag.png  Cremona Homobonus
Flag of Lombardy.svg  Lombardy Charles Borromeo [23]
Flag of Piedmont.svg  Piedmont Saint Maurice [23]
Flag of Sicily (revised).svg  Sicily Andrew Avellino, Nicholas of Myra, Rosalia
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Nyeri Irene Stefani
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon North Lebanon Awtel
South Lebanon Christina of Bolsena
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Flag of Penang (Malaysia).svg  Penang Anne
Francis Xavier
Flag of Malacca.svg  Malacca Francis Xavier
Flag of Sabah.svg  Sabah
Flag of Labuan.svg  Labuan
Joseph
Mary (Our Lady of Mount Kinabalu)
Flag of Sarawak.svg  Sarawak Joseph
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Chihuahua Our Lady of La Soledad de Parral
Veracruz Rafael Guizar y Valencia
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Albay Flag.png  Albay Mary (Our Lady of Salvation)
Batangas Saint Joseph, Our Lady of Caysasay
Bicol (region)Mary (as Our Lady of Peñafrancia)
Flag of Cagayan.svg  Cagayan Mary (Our Lady of Piat)
PH-LAG Flag.svg  Laguna James the Apostle
Pampanga Flag.png  Pampanga Mary (as Virgen de los Remedios)
Quezon Flag.png  Quezon Isidore the Laborer
Rizal Flag.png  Rizal Mary (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage), Clement of Rome
Western Visayas (region)Mary (as Our Lady of Candelaria)
Flag of Portugal.svg  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
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg  Kaliningrad Oblast Adalbert of Prague
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Flags of Vojvodina.svg  Vojvodina Cyril and Methodius
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Andalucia.svg  Andalusia John of Avila, Virgin of Hope of Macarena
Flag of Aragon.svg  Aragon Our Lady of the Pillar, Agathoclia, Braulio, George
Flag of Asturias.svg  Asturias Our Lady of Covadonga
Flag of Castile.svg Castile Emilian of Cogolla
Flag of the Canary Islands.svg  Canary Islands Our Lady of Candelaria, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
Flag of Cantabria.svg  Cantabria Our Lady of Aparecida,
Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia George, Virgin of Montserrat
Flag Ceuta.svg  Ceuta Our Lady of Africa
Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Euskadi Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Prudence
Flag of Extremadura with COA.svg  Extremadura Our Lady of Guadalupe, John the Baptist
Flag of Galicia.svg  Galicia James the Greater [12]
Flag of La Rioja (with coat of arms).svg La Rioja Our Lady of Valvanera
Bandera de Leon.svg  Leonese Country Marcellus of Tangier
Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg  Madrid Isidore the Laborer, Virgin of Almudena
Bandera de Navarra.svg  Navarre Fermin, Francis Xavier, Saturnin, Santa María the Royal of Pamplona, Raymond of Penyafort
Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg  Valencia Vincent Ferrer, Our Lady of the Forsaken
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

†Crown dependencies
Flag of England.svg  England George, [12] [23]
Gregory the Great
Augustine of Canterbury
Edmund the Martyr
Edward the Confessor
Michael the Archangel [44]
Our Lady of Walsingham
Flag of Berkshire.svg  Berkshire Birinus [ citation needed ]
Flag of Cornwall.svg  Cornwall Piran, Michael the Archangel, Petroc [ citation needed ]
Flag of Devon.svg  Devon Boniface
Flag of East Anglia.svg  East Anglia Edmund the Martyr; Suffolk
Flag of Essex.svg  Essex Cedd
The English Fens Guthlac [ citation needed ]
County Flag Of Herefordshire.svg  Herefordshire Dubricius [ citation needed ]
FlagOfKent.svg  Kent Augustine of Canterbury
Flag of Greater London.svg  London Saint Paul
Flag of Mercia (2014).svg  Mercia Chad of Mercia, Bertelin, [81] Alban
Flag of Northumbria.png  Northumbria Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Oswald
Flag of Sussex.svg  Sussex Richard of Chichester, Wilfrid
FlagOfWessex.svg  Wessex Aldhelm, Swithun
West Riding flag.svg  West Riding of Yorkshire Wilfrid
County Flag of Wiltshire.svg  Wiltshire Osmund
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Saint Patrick (also see Ireland (above))
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Andrew the Apostle, [64] [23] Margaret of Scotland, Columba, [12] [52] Palladius
Barra Finbarr
Eigg Donnán
Galloway Ninian
Lennox Kessog
2007 Flag of Orkney.svg  Orkney Magnus
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales David of Wales [69] [23]
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar (territory) Bernard of Clairvaux, [82] Mary (as Our Lady of Europe)
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey Samson of Dol [83]
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Maughold [84]
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey Helier [85]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Alabama.svg  Alabama Our Lady of the Gulf [86] [87]
Flag of Alaska.svg  Alaska St. Herman of Alaska, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Our Lady of the Kodiak and the Islands [86] [87]
Flag of Arizona.svg  Arizona Our Lady of the Highways [86] [87]
Flag of Arkansas.svg  Arkansas Our Lady of the Holy Souls [86] [87]
Flag of California.svg  California St. Junipero Serra, Our Lady of the Refuge, Our Lady of the Wayside [86] [87]
Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado St. Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception [86] [87]
Flag of Connecticut.svg  Connecticut Notre Dame of Easton [86] [87]
Flag of Delaware.svg  Delaware Our Lady of Mercy [86] [87]
Flag of Florida.svg  Florida Our Lady of La Leche [86] [87]
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg  Georgia Immaculate Heart of Mary [86] [87]
Flag of Hawaii.svg  Hawaii Father Damien, St. Marianne Cope, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Our Lady Queen of Peace [86] [87]
Flag of Idaho.svg  Idaho Our Lady of Limerick [86] [87]
Flag of Illinois.svg  Illinois Our Lady of the Universe [86] [87]
Flag of Indiana.svg  Indiana St. Théodore Guérin, Our Lady of Providence [86] [87]
Flag of Iowa.svg  Iowa Mary of Nazareth [86] [87]
Flag of Kansas.svg  Kansas Mary Queen of Angels [86] [87]
Flag of Kentucky.svg  Kentucky Mary Mother of God [86] [87]
Flag of Louisiana.svg  Louisiana Our Lady of Prompt Succor [86] [87]
Flag of Maine.svg  Maine Our Lady of Peace [86] [87]
Flag of Maryland.svg  Maryland St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Our Lady of the Assumption [86] [87]
Flag of Massachusetts.svg  Massachusetts St. Patrick, Our Lady of the Incarnation [86] [87]
Flag of Michigan.svg  Michigan Our Lady Gate of Heaven [86] [87]
Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota Our Lady Mother of the Church [86] [87]
Flag of Mississippi.svg  Mississippi Our Lady of Sorrows [86] [87]
Flag of Missouri.svg  Missouri Our Lady of Calvary [86] [87]
Flag of Montana.svg  Montana Our Lady of the Pines [86] [87]
Flag of Nebraska.svg  Nebraska Our Lady of the Presentation [86] [87]
Flag of Nevada.svg  Nevada Our Lady of Las Vegas [86] [87]
Flag of New Hampshire.svg  New Hampshire Our Lady of Perpetual Help [86] [87]
Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey Our Lady of Fatima [86] [87]
Flag of New Mexico.svg  New Mexico Our Lady of Guadalupe [86] [87]
Flag of New York.svg  New York St. Nicholas, Our Lady Help of Christians [86] [87]
Flag of North Carolina.svg  North Carolina Our Lady of the Holy Rosary [86] [87]
Flag of North Dakota.svg  North Dakota Mary Queen of Peace [86] [87]
Flag of Ohio.svg  Ohio Our Lady of Consolation [86] [87]
Flag of Oklahoma.svg  Oklahoma Our Lady, Queen of all Saints [86] [87]
Flag of Oregon.svg  Oregon Our Lady of the Woods [86] [87]
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg  Pennsylvania Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal [86] [87]
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Our Lady of Providence [88]
Flag of Rhode Island.svg  Rhode Island Our Lady of Mount Carmel [86] [87]
Flag of South Carolina.svg  South Carolina Mary the Virgin Mother [86] [87]
Flag of South Dakota.svg  South Dakota Our Lady of the Prairie [86] [87]
Flag of Tennessee.svg  Tennessee Our Lady of Lourdes [86] [87]
Flag of Texas.svg  Texas Our Lady of the Annunciation [86] [87]
Flag of Utah.svg  Utah Our Lady of the Snows [86] [87]
Flag of Vermont.svg  Vermont Our Lady of Grace [86] [87]
Flag of Virginia.svg  Virginia Our Lady Queen of the Apostles [86] [87]
Flag of Washington.svg  Washington Our Lady of Good Help [86] [87]
Flag of West Virginia.svg  West Virginia Our Lady of Victory [86] [87]
Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin Our Lady of the Americas [86] [87]
Flag of Wyoming.svg  Wyoming Our Lady of the Valley [86] [87]

Cities and towns

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Catherine of Siena writing

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Canada

Colombia

Croatia

Cuba

Czech Republic

Denmark

Ecuador

Egypt

France

Germany

Greece

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

India

Ireland

Italy

Kenya

Lebanon

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malta

Mexico

Montenegro

Netherlands

Nicaragua

Norway

Peru

Philippines

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Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City, Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Syria

Tanzania

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Extraterrestrial locations

Mary is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, which the Bishop claimed included the moon. 10 Inmaculada Concepcion (National Gallery de Londres, c. 1618).jpg
Mary is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, which the Bishop claimed included the moon.
LocationPatron saintNotes
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]

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