Appendix B
Patron Saints of Countries and Places
Just as there are patron saints for people and occupations, so are there saints for places. Some saints are patrons of their homeland, while others are patrons of the country where they worked and died. Here’s a quick reference, matching locations with their patron saints.
Africa
St. Moses the Black
Algeria
Our Lady of Africa
St. Cyprian of Carthage
Americas; New World
Our Lady of Guadalupe
St. Isaac Jogues and companions
St. Joseph
St. Mary Ann de Paredes
St. Rose of Lima
Angola
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Argentina
Immaculate Conception of Mary
Our Lady of Lujan
St. Francis Solano
St. Laura Vicuna
Armenia
St. Bartholomew the Apostle
St. Gregory the Illuminator
Australia
Our Lady Help of Christians
St. Francis Xavier
Austria
Our Lady of Mariazell
St. Colman of Stockerau
St. Florian
St. Joseph
St. Leopold the Good
St. Maurice
St. Severinus of Noricum
Belgium
Our Lady of Baeuraing
Our Lady of Banneux
St. Joseph
Bolivia
Our Lady of Capucdana
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
St. Francis Solano
Virgin de la Candelaria
Virgin of Copacabana
Borneo
St. Francis Xavier
Brazil
Our Lady of Nazareth
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Our Lady Who Appeared
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Peter of Alcantara
Bulgaria
SS. Cyril and Methodius
Canada
Mary of the Hurons
Our Lady of the Cape
St. Anne
St. George
St. Isaac Jogues
St. John de Brébeuf
St. Joseph
Central America
Our Lady of Guadalupe
St. Rose of Lima
Chile
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
St. Francis Solano
St. James the Greater
China
St. Francis Xavier
St. Joseph
Colombia
Our Lady of Chiquinquira
Our Lady of the Rosary
St. Louis Bertran
St. Peter Claver
Congo; Zaire; Belgian Congo
Immaculate Conception of Mary
Our Lady, Queen of Nations
Costa Rica
Our Lady of the Angels
Crete
St. Titus
Croatia
St. Joseph
Cuba
Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
Virgin de Regla
Cyprus
St. Barnabas
Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic
St. Adalbert
SS. Cyril and Methodius
St. John Nepomucene
St. Ludmila
St. Procopius
St. Sigismund
St. Vitus
St. Wenceslaus
Denmark
St. Anskar
St. Canute
Dominican Republic
Our Lady of High Grace
St. Dominic de Guzman
East Indies
St. Francis Xavier
Thomas the Apostle
Ecuador
Most Pure Heart of Mary
Our Lady of Quinche
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Egypt
St. Mark the Evangelist
El Salvador
Our Lady of Peace
England
Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Aylesford
Our Lady of Walsingham
St. Augustine of Canterbury
St. Cuthbert
St. George
St. Gregory the Great
Equatorial Guinea
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Ethiopia
St. Frumentius
Europe
St. Benedict
St. Bridget of Sweden
St. Catherine of Siena
SS. Cyril and Methodius
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Finland
St. Henry of Uppsala
France
Our Lady of LaSallette
Our Lady of Lourdes
Our Lady of Pontmain
Our Lady of the Assumption
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
St. Denis
St. Joan of Arc
St. Martin of Tours
St. Remigius
St. Thérèse of Liseux
Georgia, former USSR
St. George
St. Nino
Germany
Archangel Michael
Our Lady of Altotting
Our Lady of Kevelaer
St. Boniface
St. George
St. Peter Canisius
St. Swithbert
Gibraltar
Our Lady of Europe
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Gozo
St. George
Greece
The Holy Mountain of Our Lady
St. Andrew the Apostle
St. George
St. Nicholas of Myra
Guatemala
Our Lady of the Rosary
St. James the Greater
Haiti
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Honduras
Our Lady of Suyapa
Hungary
Our Lady of Hungary
St. Astricus
St. Gerard Sagredo
St. Stephen of Hungary
Iceland
St. Thorlac Thorhallsson
India
Our Lady of Bandel
Our Lady of Bandra
Our Lady of the Assumption
St. Rose of Lima
St. Thomas the Apostle
Iran; Persia
St. Maruthas
Ireland
Our Lady of Knock
Our Lady of Limerick
St. Brigid of Ireland
St. Columba
St. Kevin
St. Patrick
Isle of Man
St. Maughold
Italy
Our Lady of Loreto
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Pompeii
Our Lady of Tears
Our Lady of the Snow
St. Bernadine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Francis of Assisi
Jamaica
Mary of the Assumption
Japan
Our Lady of Japan
St. Francis Xavier
St. Peter Baptist
Korea
Mary the Blessed Virgin
St. Joseph
Latin America
St. Rose of Lima
Lithuania
St. Casimir of Poland
St. Cunegundes
St. George
St. John of Dukla
St. John of Kanty
Luxembourg
St. Cunegundes
St. Philip the Apostle
St. Willibrord
Macedonia
St. Clement of Ohrid
Madagascar
St. Vincent de Paul
Malta
St. George
St. Paul the Apostle
Mexico
Our Lady of Guadalupe
St. Elias Nieves
St. Joseph
Monaco
St. Devota
Moravia
SS. Cyril and Methodius
St. Wenceslaus
Netherlands; Holland
St. Bavo
St. Plechelm
St. Willibrord
New Zealand
St. Francis Xavier
St. Our Lady Help of Christians
Nicaragua
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of El Viejo
St. James the Greater
Nigeria
Our Lady Queen of Nigeria
St. Patrick
North Africa
St. Cyprian of Carthage
Norway
St. Olaf II
Oceania
Mary, Queen of Peace
St. Peter Chanel
Pakistan
St. Thomas the Apostle
Palestine
St. George
Panama
Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Heart of Mary
St. Mary of La Antigua
Paraguay
Our Lady of Lujan
Our Lady of the Assumption
Our Lady of the Miracles of Caacupé
St. Francis Solano
Peru
Our Lady of Mercy
St. Francis Solano
St. Joseph
St. Martin de Porres
St. Rose of Lima
St. Turibius of Mogroveio
Philippines
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Our Lady of the Turumba
St. Rose of Lima
Poland
Our Lady of Czestochowa
St. Adalbert of Prague
St. Casimir of Poland
St. Cunegundes
St. Florian
St. Hyacinth
St. John of Kanty
St. Stanislaus of Cracow
Portugal
Archangel Gabriel
Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Francis Borgia
St. George
St. John de Brito
St. Vincent of Saragossa
Puerto Rico
Mary, Our Lady of Providence
Romania
St. Nicetas
Russia
St. Andrew the Apostle
St. Basil the Great
SS. Boris and Gleb
St. Nicholas of Myra
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
St. Vladimir I of Kiev
San Marino
St. Marinus
Scandinavia
St. Anskar
Scotland
St. Andrew the Apostle
St. Columba
St. Margaret of Scotland
St. Palladius
Serbia
St. Sava
Sicily
Andrew Avellino
St. Agatha
St. Ciro
St. Lucy
St. Nicholas of Myra
St. Rosalia
Slovakia
Our Lady of the Assumption
South Africa
Our Lady of Shongweni
Our Lady of the Assumption
South America
St. Rose of Lima
Spain
Our Lady of Guadalupe of Estremadura
Our Lady of Montserrat
Our Lady of Ransom
Our Lady of the Pillar of Saragossa
St. James the Greater
St. John of Avila
St. Teresa of Avila
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
Our Lady of Madhu
St. Lawrence
St. Thomas the Apostle
Sudan
St. Josephine Bakhita
Sweden
St. Anskar
St. Bridget of Sweden
St. Eric of Sweden
St. Gall
St. Sigfrid
Switzerland
Our Lady of the Hermits
St. Gall
St. Nicholas of Flue
Syria
St. Barbara
Tanzania
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Tunisia
Immaculate Conception of Mary
Uganda
Mary, Queen of Africa
Ukraine
St. Josaphat
United States
Immaculate Conception of Mary
Our Lady of Victory
Uruguay
Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Lady of Lujan
Our Lady of the Thirty-Three
St. James the Lesser
St. Philip the Apostle
Venezuela
Our Lady of Coromoto
Vietnam
Our Lady of La Vang
St. Joseph
Wales
St. David of Wales
West Indies
St. Gertrude the Great
St. Gregory the Great
St. Rose of Lima
Yugoslavia (former; now patron of Dubrovnik, Croatia)
St. Blaise
SS. Cyril and Methodius