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