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.

Supranational

• Benedict of Nursia – 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

National

• Adalbert of Magdeburg - Germany
• Adalbert of Prague - Czech Republic; Poland; Hungary
• Agatha of Sicily - Malta
• Andrew the Apostle - Greece; Romania; Russia; Scotland
• 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
• Bernard of Clairvaux - Gibraltar
• Louis Bertrand - Colombia
• Boniface - Germany
• Francis Borgia - Portugal
• Brigid of Kildare - Ireland
• Brigit of Sweden - Sweden
• Bruno of Cologne - Germany; Slovakia; Ukraine
• 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
• Francis of Assisi - Italy
• Frumentius - Ethiopia
• Gabriel the Archangel - Portugal
• Gall - ; Switzerland
• George - 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
• John of Kanty - Lithuania, Poland
• John of Nepomuk - Czech Republic
• John of Rila - Bulgaria
• John of Suceava - Romania, Moldova
• Josaphat - Ukraine
• Joseph – Austria; Belgium; Bohemia; Canada; China; Croatian people; Korea; Mexico; New France; Peru; and Vietnam
• Julia of Corsica - Corsica
• Kevin - Ireland
• 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 - France; 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 Guadalupe - Mexico
• Palladius - Scotland
• 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
• Francis Solano - Bolivia; Paraguay; Peru
• Stanislaus of Cracow - Poland
• Stephen - Serbia
• Stephen of Hungary - Hungary
• Swithbert - Germany
• Thérèse de Lisieux - France; Russia
• Thomas the Apostle - India; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
• 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

Regional

• Adalbert of Prague - Bohemia; Prussia; 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
• Brigit of Sweden - Europe
• 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; Europe
• 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; 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; Europe
• 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
• Willihad - 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Mark the Evangelist - Venice, Egypt
• Maro - Volperino, Italy
• Martha - Pateros, Metro Manila, Philippines
• 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
• 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 - Luxembourg; 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
• 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
  • Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire
  • Diocese of Mangalore, India
  • Diocese of Menevia, Wales
  • Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee
  • Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany
  • 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

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

See also

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