Patron saints of places

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

Contents

1 Supranational
2 National
3 Regional
4 Cities and towns
5 Archdioceses and dioceses
6 See also
7 References

Supranational

Benedict of Nursia^[1] – main patron saint of Europe
Bridget of Sweden – Europe
Catherine of Siena – Europe
Saints Cyril and Methodius – Europe; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Republic of Macedonia; Montenegro; Serbia; Slovenia; Slovakia
Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) – Europe
Jadwiga of Poland – United Europe
Joseph – the Americas; the New World^[2]
Our Lady of Guadalupe; North and South America
Rose of Lima; North and South America

National

Saint Martin of Tours - Argentina
Saint Mary MacKillop - Australia
Adalbert of Magdeburg - Germany
Adalbert of Prague - Czech Republic; Poland; Hungary
Agatha of Sicily - Malta
Altagracia - Dominican Republic
Andrew the Apostle - Greece; Romania; Russia; Scotland; Ukraine
Andrew Kim Taegon - Korea
Ansgar (or Anskar) - Denmark
Astricus - Hungary
Josephine Bakhita - Sudan
Peter Baptist - Japan
Saint Barbara - Syria; Lebanon
Barnabas - Cyprus
Bartholomew the Apostle - Armenia
Basil the Great - Russia
Our Lady of Lebanon - Lebanon
Bernard of Clairvaux - Gibraltar
Louis Bertrand - Colombia
Boniface - Germany
Francis Borgia - Portugal
Brigid of Kildare - Ireland
Brigit of Sweden - Sweden
Bruno of Cologne - Germany;
Peter Canisius - Germany
Canute - Denmark
Casimir - Lithuania; Poland
Catherine of Siena - Italy
Peter Claver - Colombia
Clement of Ohrid - Republic of Macedonia
Colman of Stockerau - Austria
Columba (also called Columcille) - Ireland; Scotland
Our Lady of Coromoto - Venezuela
Cunigunde of Luxemburg - Lithuania; Luxembourg; Poland
Cyprian of Carthage - Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
Cyril - Czech Republic; Slovakia; Bulgaria
David of Wales - Wales
Denis - France (in particular, attributed to the capital, Paris)
Devota - Monaco
Dominic - Dominican Republic
Edmund the Martyr - England
Edward the Confessor - England
Blessed Laura Vicuña - Argentina
Francis of Assisi - Italy
Frumentius - Ethiopia
Gabriel the Archangel - Portugal
Gall - ; Switzerland
George - Aragon, Catalonia; England; Ethiopia; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Lithuania; Malta; Moldova; Montenegro; Portugal; Russia; Serbia;
Gregory the Illuminator - Armenia
Henry of Uppsala - Finland
Hyacinth - Poland
James, son of Zebedee - Galicia; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Spain
James, son of Alphaeus - Uruguay
Jean de Brébeuf - Canada
Jerome - Croatia
Joan of Arc - France
John de Brito - Portugal
John of Dukla - Lithuania
Francis Solanus - Argentina
John of Kanty - Lithuania, Poland
John of Nepomuk - Czech Republic
John of Rila - Bulgaria
John of Suceava - Romania, Moldova
Josaphat ^[3] - Ukraine
Joseph – Austria; Belgium; Bohemia; Canada; China; Croatian people; Korea; Mexico; New France; Peru; and Vietnam^[2]
Julia of Corsica - Corsica
Kilian of Würzburg - Germany
Knud - Denmark
Koloman - Austria
Lawrence - Sri Lanka
Lazarus - Cyprus
Leopold the Good of Austria - Austria
St. Lorenzo Ruiz - Philippines
Louis IX - France
Louis Bertrand - Colombia
Ludmila - Czech Republic
Margaret of Scotland - Scotland
Saint Marina the Martyr - Cyprus
Marinus - San Marino
Mark - Australia
Martin of Tours - France
Maruthas - Persia; Iran
Maughold - Isle of Man
Maurice - Austria
Meritxell - Andorra
Michael - Germany; Papua New Guinea
Nicetas - Romania
Nicholas of Flue - Switzerland
Nicholas of Myra - Greece; Russia
Saint Nino - Georgia
Olaf II (Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae) - Norway,
Our Lady of Aparecida - Brazil
Our Lady of Charity - Cuba
Our Lady of Guadalupe - Mexico; Philippines
Our Lady of Sorrows - Slovakia
Palladius - Scotland
Panagia - Greece
Paul the Apostle - Malta
Philip of Jesus - Mexico
Pius V - Malta
Plechelm - Netherlands
Procopius - Czech Republic
Patrick - Ireland, Nigeria
Publius - Malta
Remigius - France
Rose of Lima - India; Peru; Philippines
Gerard Sagredo - Hungary
Sava - Serbia
Severinus of Noricum - Austria
Sigfrid - Sweden
Sigismund - Czech Republic
Stanislaus of Cracow - Poland
Stephen - Serbia
Stephen of Hungary - Hungary
Swithbert - Germany
Teresa of the Andes - Chile
Thérèse de Lisieux - France; Russia
Thomas the Apostle - India; Sri Lanka; Indonesia
Thorlac Thorhallsson - Iceland
Turibius of Mogroveio - Peru
Vergilius of Salzburg - Austria
Vincent de Paul - Madagascar
Vincent of Saragossa - Portugal
Virgin Mary - France
Vladimir I of Kiev - Russia; Ukraine
Wenceslas - Czech Republic
Willibrord - Flanders; Luxembourg; Netherlands
Francis Xavier - Australia; China; India; Japan; New Zealand; Indonesia
Our Lady of the Assumption -Republic of South Africa

Regional

Adalbert of Prague - Bohemia; Prussia (and Kaliningrad Oblast)
Agathoclia - Aragon, Spain
Aldhelm - Wessex
Anne - Brittany; Quebec; Mi'kmaq Nation; Santa Ana Indian Pueblo
Ansgar (or Anskar) - Scandinavia
Anthony of Padua - Brazil
Asicus - archdiocese of Elphin
Augustine of Hippo - diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Andrew Avellino - Sicily
Augustine of Canterbury - Kent
Awtel - North Lebanon
Saint Barbara - Bekaa valley (Central Lebanon)
Bernard of Valdeiglesias - Candeleda (Spain)
Birinus - Berkshire
Blaise - Dalmatia
Braulio - Aragon
Brigid of Kildare - Kildare (Ireland)
Cedd - Essex
Chad - Mercia
Peter Chanel - Oceania
Clare of Assisi - Santa Clara Indian Pueblo
Corentin - Brittany
Cuthbert - Northumbria
Cyril - Moravia; Vojvodina;
Christina - Southern Lebanon
Devota - Corsica
Dorothy of Montau - Prussia
Dubricius - Ergyng; Herefordshire
Edmund the Martyr - East Anglia; Suffolk
Eurosia - the diocese of Jaca
Frideswide - Oxfordshire
George - Aragon; Catalonia; Cappadocia; Gozo; Palestine;
Gertrude the Great - West Indies
Gregory the Great - West Indies
Guthlac - The English Fens
Hedwig (Jadwiga) - Bavaria
Homobonus - Cremona
Innocent of Alaska - The Americas
Isaac Jogues and companions - The Americas
Helier - Jersey
Herman of Alaska - The Americas
Ivo of Kermartin - Brittany
John the Apostle - Asia Minor
John of Avila - Andalusia, Spain
John the Baptist - Newfoundland; French Canadians
John of Nepomuk - Bohemia
John of Suceava - Moldavia
Joseph the Betrothed - The Americas
Jarlath - the archdiocese of Tuam, Ireland
Julia of Corsica - Corsica
Kevin - Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Kilian - Bavaria
Jutta of Kulmsee - Prussia
Lawrence O'Toole - archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Louis - the archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri
Ludmila - Bohemia
Magnus - Orkney Islands
Mary Anne de Paredes (Mariana de Paredes y Flores) - Ecuador, The Americas
Methodius - Moravia;
Michael (archangel) - Cornwall; Archdiocese of Seattle
Moses the Black - Africa
Nechtan - Devon
Nicholas of Myra - Lorraine; Sicily
Nikon - Laconia
Ninian - Galloway, Nova Scotia
Norbert - Bohemia
Odile - Alsace
Osmund - Wiltshire
Oswald - Northumbria
Our Lady of Prompt Succor - Louisiana
Petroc - Devon, Cornwall
Piran - Cornwall
Richard of Chichester - Sussex
Rosalia - Sicily
Rose of Lima - The Americas; Central America; Latin America; South America; West Indies; Villareal, Samar; Philippines
Sebald - Bavaria
Stanislaus of Cracow - archdiocese of Cracow, Poland
Stephen - Republika Srpska
Swithun - Wessex
Thomas the Apostle - East Indies;
Tikhon of Moscow- The Americas
Titus - Crete
Francis Xavier - Borneo; East Indies
Wenceslas - Bohemia; Moravia; Czech Silesia
Wilfred - Sussex; West Riding of Yorkshire
Willehad of Bremen - Saxony
Yves - Brittany

Cities and towns

Aeden of Ferns - Ferns, Ireland
Afra - Augsburg
Agatha - Catania; Palermo, Italy; Zamarramala, Spain
Agnellus - Naples, Italy
Agricola of Avignon - Avignon
Alban - St. Albans, England
Albert of Trapani - Trapani
Aldhelm - Malmesbury, England
Alcmund - Derby, England
Alexander of Bergamo - Bergamo, Italy
Amalberga - Temse, Belgium
Ambrose of Milan - Milan, Italy
Andrew the Apostle - Amalfi; Patras; Luqa
Anne - Taos, New Mexico; Marsaskala; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Ansanus the Baptizer - Siena, Italy
Anthony of Lisbon - Lisbon, Portugal
Antoninus of Sorrento - Sorrento, Italy
Antony of Vilnius - Vilnius, Lithuania
Saint Armel - Ploërmel, France and various others
Arnulph - Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France
Arthelais - Benevento, Italy
Arsenius of Corfu - Kerkira Island, Greece
Augustine of Canterbury - Canterbury, England
Augustine of Hippo - Kalamazoo, Michigan; Saint Augustine, Florida; Superior, Wisconsin; Tucson, Arizona. Cities of Cagayan de Oro and Saint Augustine, Florida.
Gerald Aurillac - Upper Auvergne
Andrew Avellino - Naples, Italy
Saint Barbara - Kerkrade, The Netherlands
Barnabas - Antioch
Barbatus of Benevento - Benevento, Italy
Bavo - Ghent, Belgium; Haarlem, Netherlands
Pascal Baylon - Obando, Bulacan, Philippines
Thomas Beckett - Canterbury, England; Portsmouth, England
Benedict of Nursia - Europe
Benedict the Black - Palermo, Italy
Benezet - Avignon
Benignus of Dijon - Dijon
Berach - Kilbarry, Ireland
Bernadino Realino - Lecce, Italy
Bernadette of Lourdes - Lourdes, France
Bertelin - Stafford, England
Birinus - Dorchester-on-Thames, England
Blaise - Dubrovnik
Boris - Moscow, Russia
Botulph - Boston, England
Budoc - Plourin, Brittany
Caecilius of Elvira - Granada, Spain
Catald - Taranto
Thomas Cantilupe - Hereford, England
Catherine of Alexandria - Zejtun, Zurrieq
Cecilia - Albi, France
Chad - Lichfield, England
Christopher - Rab, Croatia; Havana, Cuba, Vilnius, Lithuania
John Chrysostom - Istanbul, Turkey
Claire of Assisi - Obando, Bulacan, Philippines
Colman of Cloyne - Cloyne, Ireland
Constabilis - Castellabate, Italy
Constantine of Rome - Istanbul, Turkey
Crescentinus - Urbino
Cuthbert - Durham, England
Cuthman - Steyning, England
Judas Cyriacus - Ancona, Italy
Cyril of Alexandria - Alexandria, Egypt
David - St. Davids, Wales
Denis - Paris, France
Dimitrie Basarabov - Bucharest, Romania
Saint Demetrius - Thessaloniki, Greece
Dionysius the Arepagite - Athens, Greece
Dominic of Silos - Calatagan, Philippines
Donatus - Ripacandida
Drogo - Baume-les-Messieurs, Fleury-sur-Loire
Duje - Split, Croatia
Edmund of Abingdon - Abingdon
Emeterius and Celedonius -Calahorra, Santander, Spain
Eric of Sweden - Stockholm
Erkenwald - City of London, England
Etheldreda - Ely, England
Eulalia - Barcelona
Eustace of Vilnius - Vilnius, Lithuania
Eustace - Madrid, Spain
Expedite - New Orléans, Louisiana
Fachanan - Ross, Ireland
Ferdinand III of Castile - Seville, Spain
Ferreolus and Ferrutio - Besançon
Fiacre - France, Saint-Fiacre-en-Brie
Finbarr - Barra, Scotland; Cork, Ireland
Florian - Upper Austria, Poland; Linz, Austria
Francis of Assisi - Assisi, Italy; Colorado; Italy; Santa Fe, New Mexico, the archdiocese of San Francisco, California; Quito, Ecuador
Frideswide - Oxford, England
Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows - Abruzzi
Gatianus of Tours - Tours
Gaudentius of Ossero - Losinj, Croatia
Genevieve - Paris, France
George - Beirut; Ferrara; Genoa; Victoria, Gozo; Istanbul; Modica, Sicily; Moscow; Ptuj, Slovenia; Svaty Jur, Slovakia; Kragujevac, Serbia; Venice
Gerard of Lunel - Potenza Picena
Giles - Edinburgh, Scotland
Gratus of Aosta - Aosta, Italy
Gudula - Brussels, Belgium
Gummarus - Lier, Belgium
Guthlac - Crowland, England
Hallvard - Oslo, Norway
Helen - Abingdon, England; Colchester, England
Helier - Saint Helier, Jersey
Hugh of Lincoln - Lincoln, England
Illtud - Llantwit Major, Wales
Isidore the Farmer - Madrid, Spain
James, son of Zebedee - Acoma Pueblo, United States; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Reading, England; Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
James of the Marches - Naples, Italy
Januarius - Naples, Italy
John IV, Bishop of Naples - Naples, Italy
John the Apostle - Taos, New Mexico
Joan of Arc - Orléans
John the Baptist - Florence, Italy; Genoa, Italy; Turin, Italy; St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada; Xewkija, Gozo; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands; Porto, Portugal
John of Vilnius - Vilnius, Lithuania
Joseph – Birkirkara, Malta; Carinthia, Austria; Castelplanio, Ancona, Italy; Deschambault, Quebec, Canada; Florence, Italy; Fonte Nuova, Italy; Kalkara, Malta; La Spezia, Italy; Ladispoli, Italy; Laguna Indian Pueblo; Msida, Malta; Orvieto, Italy; Qala, Gozo, Malta; Querceta, Italy; Radazzo, Santa Marinella, Italy; Sicily, Italy; Spadafora, Sicily, Italy; Styria, Austria; Turin, Italy; and Tyrol, Austria^[2]
Jovan Vladimir - Bar, Montenegro
Justa - Seville, Spain
Justus - Alcalá de Henares, Spain; Madrid, Spain
Kenelm - Winchcombe, England
Kevin of Glendalough - Ireland
Kentigern - Glasgow, Scotland
Kessog - Lennox, Scotland
Lawrence - Rome, Italy; Birgu, Malta
Leocadia - Toledo, Spain
Leonard of Port Maurice - Imperia, Italy
Saint Luke - Jaén - Andalusia, Spain
Lucy of Syracuse - Syracuse
Macarius of Antioch - Ghent, Belgium
Machar - Aberdeen, Scotland
Mark the Evangelist - Venice, Egypt
Maro - Volperino, Italy
Martha - Pateros, Metro Manila, Philippines
Martial - Limoges, France
Martin of Tours - Tours; Utrecht, the Netherlands;Taal, Philippines
Martina of Rome - Rome, Italy
Maximinus of Trier - Trier, Germany
Maximus of Aquila - Aquila, Italy
Maximus of Turin - Turin, Italy
Mellitus - City of London, England
Michael (archangel) - Caltanissetta, Italy; Cuneo, Italy; Brussels, Belgium; Kiev, Ukraine
Saint Mirin - Paisley, Scotland
Mochelloc - Kilmallock, County Limerick, Ireland
Modestus - Cartagena, Spain
Munchin - diocese of Limerick; Limerick (city)
Mura - Fahan, Ireland
Philip Neri - Rome, Italy
Nicholas - Bari, Italy; Macchia Valfortore, Italy; Siggiewi, Malta Liverpool, England
Nicholas of Myra - Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Portsmouth, England
El Niño - Cebu, Philippines
Octavius - Turin, Italy
Osmund - Salisbury, England
Oswald of Worcester - Worcester, England
Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre - Cuba
Our Lady of Prompt Succor - New Orleance
Panagia Kastriani - Skiathos Island, Greece; Tzia Island, Greece
Pastor - Alcalá de Henares, Spain; Madrid, Spain
Paternus - Vannes, France
Patrick- New York City, Boston
Patricia of Naples - Naples, Italy
Paul the Apostle - City of London, England; Las Vegas, Nevada; Poznań, Poland; Rome, Italy; São Paulo, Brazil; Valletta, Malta
Paul the Apostle's Conversion - Caraballo, Cuba; Mdina, Malta
Pelagius of Constance - Konstanz
Piran - Padstow, England; Perranporth, England
Peter the Apostle - Poznań, Poland; Rome, Italy; York, England; Birzebbugia, Malta; Sestao, Basque Country
Peter of Alcantara - Estremadura, Spain
Petroc - Bodmin, England
Saint Petronius - Bologna, Italy
Pharaildis - Ghent, Belgium
Philip of Jesus - Mexico City, Mexico
Philip the Apostle - Uruguay
Prosper of Reggio - Reggio Emilia
Quirinus - Sisak, Croatia
Rainerius - Pisa
Raynald of Nocera - Nocera, Italy
Rafael Guizar y Valencia - Veracruz, Mexico
Richard of Chichester - Chichester, England; Droitwich, England
Riginos - Skopelos Island, Greece
Roch - Istanbul, Turkey, Pateros, Metro Manila, Philippines
Rosalia - Palermo, Italy
Rumwold - Buckingham, England
Rupert of Salzburg - Salzburg, Austria
Sabinus - Bari, Italy
Mary Salome - Veroli, Italy
Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena - Siena, Italy
Saturnin - Toulouse
Saint Anne - Ruskin, Florida USA; Detroit, Michigan USA
Alexander Sauli - Corsica
Sebaldus - Nuremberg, Germany
Sebastian - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Rome, Italy ; Ribeirão Preto, Brazil;Lipa, Philippines
Sidwell - Exeter, England
Sigfrid - Växjö, Sweden
Silverius - Ponza, Italy
Solutor - Turin, Italy
Spyridon - Kerkira Island, Greece, Piraeus
Stephen - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Swithun - Winchester, England
Symphorian - Autun
Syrus of Genoa - Genoa, Italy
Syrus of Pavia (Siro) - Pavia, Italy
Teilo - Cardiff, Wales; Llandeilo Fawr, Wales
Theneva - Glasgow, Scotland
Theodore of Pavia - Pavia, Italy
Thomas More - Arlington, Virginia
Ulric - Augsburg
Urban of Langres - Dijon
Saint Ursula - Cologne, Germany
Valeria of Milan - Thibodaux, Louisiana
Vergilius - Salzburg, Austria
Vincenzo Martyr - Craco, Italy
Vitus - Czech Republic; Rijeka, Croatia; Winschoten, Netherlands
Walburga - Antwerp, Belgium; Groningen, Netherlands; Oudenarde, Belgium; Zutphen, Netherlands
Waltrude - Hainaut, Belgium; Mons, Belgium
Wenceslas - Prague, Czech Republic
Werburga - Chester, England
Wilfrid - Ripon, England
William of York - York, England
Winefride - Holywell, Wales; Shrewsbury, England
Wulfram of Sens - Abbeville, France
Wulfstan - Worcester, England
Zeno of Verona - Verona, Italy
Zenobius - Florence, Italy

Archdioceses and dioceses

Joseph

- Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska
- 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
- Archdioces 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 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^[2]

Mary
- Our Lady of Prompt Succor - Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana

See also

References