Patron saints of places


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

Continents

ContinentPatron saintNotes
AsiaThe Blessed Virgin Mary Mary, mother of Jesus,Joseph, Francis Xavier
AfricaMoses the Black, Our Lady of Kibeho
The AmericasTamanend
The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus

Saint Rose of Lima
AntarcticaThe Virgin Mary
John Bosco
EuropeBenedict of Nursia
Saints Cyril and Methodius
Bridget of Sweden
Catherine of Siena
Edith Stein
Benedict of Nursia is the main patron saint, the others are considered co-patrons.
The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus
OceaniaPeter Chanel

Regions

Countries

This list only includes sovereign states; subdivisions, such as the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, are listed below under "Administrative subdivisions".
CountryPatron saint
The Virgin Mary
Cyprian of Carthage
The Virgin Mary
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Virgin Mary
Francis Solanus
Blessed Laura Vicuña
Martin of Tours
Gregory the Illuminator
Bartholomew the Apostle
Jude the Apostle
Mesrop Mashtots
Elisæus of Albania
The Virgin Mary
Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Joseph
Colman of Stockerau
Florian
Leopold the Good
Maurice
Severinus of Noricum
Vergilius of Salzburg
Andrew
Cyril of Turov
Euphrosyne of Polotsk
Joseph
The Virgin Mary
Elijah
The Virgin Mary
Peter of Alcantara
José de Anchieta
Cyril and Methodius
John of Rila
Joseph
Jean de Brébeuf
Joseph
Anne
the Canadian Martyrs
The Virgin Mary
James the Greater
Teresa of Los Andes
The Virgin Mary
Joseph
Francis Xavier
The Virgin Mary
Louis Bertrand
Peter Claver
Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena
The Virgin Mary
Joseph
Jerome
Cyril and Methodius
The Virgin Mary
Barnabas
Lazarus
Marina the Martyr
Adalbert of Prague
Agnes of Bohemia
John of Nepomuk
Ludmila
Cyril and Methodius
Procopius
Sigismund
Wenceslas
Vitus
The Virgin Mary
Ansgar
Canute IV
The Virgin Mary
Dominic
Our Lady of Fátima
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Mary Anne de Paredes
Our Lady of El Cisne
Mark the Evangelist
The Virgin Mary
The Transfigured Jesus
St. George
The Virgin Mary
The Transfiguration of Jesus
Frumentius
George
Olav the Holy
Saint Peter
Henry of Uppsala
The Virgin Mary
The Archangel Michael
Denis
Martin of Tours
Louis IX
Joan of Arc
Remi
Thérèse de Lisieux
Petronilla
Radegund
George
Nino
Adalbert of Magdeburg
Ansgar
Boniface
Bruno of Cologne
Peter Canisius
Kilian of Würzburg
The Archangel Michael He is the patron saint of the German People, Germany itself has no patron saint
Suitbert of Kaiserswerdt
George
Maurice
The Virgin Mary
George
Andrew
Nicholas of Myra
Paul the Apostle
Hans Egede
The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary
James the Greater,
Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary
Adalbert of Prague
Astricus
Emeric of Hungary
Cyril
Gerard Sagredo
Stephen of Hungary
Elizabeth of Hungary
Ansgar
Thorlac Thorhallsson
The Virgin Mary
Joseph
Thomas
Thérèse de Lisieux
Francis Xavier
Maruthas
Patrick
Columba
Brigid of Kildare
The Archangel Michael
Catherine of Siena
Francis of Assisi
Peter Baptist
Joseph
Francis Xavier
John the Baptist
KenyaThe Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary
Barbara
Charbel Makhlouf
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Casimir
Cunigunde of Luxemburg
John of Dukla
John of Kanty
George
Kinga of Poland
Cunigunde of Luxemburg
Willibrord
The Virgin Mary
John the Baptist
Francis Xavier
Catherine of Siena
Francis Xavier
Vincent de Paul
The Virgin Mary
Paul the Apostle
Agatha of Sicily
Publius
George
Saint Louis
The Virgin Mary
Philip of Jesus
Joseph
George
Devota
Kingdom of the NetherlandsPlechelm
Willibrord
The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary
Joseph
James the Greater
Patrick
Clement of Ohrid
Cyril and Methodius
Olaf II
Magnus of Orkney
Francis Xavier
The Virgin Mary
George
The Archangel Michael
The Virgin Mary
Martin of Tours
Rose of Lima
Turibius of Mogroveio
Joseph
The Virgin Mary
Lorenzo Ruíz
Pedro Calungsod
Pudentiana
Rose of Lima
Sto. Niño
The Virgin Mary
Adalbert of Prague

Stanislaus of Cracow
Stanislaus Kostka
Andrew Bobola
Jadwiga of Poland
Casimir
Hyacinth
Kinga of Poland

John of Kanty
Florian
Wenceslaus
John of Dukla
Hedwig of Silesia
The Virgin Mary
Anthony of Padua
The Guardian Angel of Portugal

George
James the Greater
The Virgin Mary
Adjuntas: Saint Joachim & Saint Anne
Ponce: Our Lady of Guadalupe
San Juan: John the Baptist
Virgin Mary
Andrew
Stephen the Great
George
Parascheva
John of Suceava
The Virgin Mary
Alexander Nevsky
Andrew
Basil the Great
Casimir
George
Joseph
Thérèse de Lisieux
Vladimir I of Kiev
Christ the King
Marinus
Nicholas of Myra
Agatha
Sava
The Virgin Mary
Cyril and Methodius
Joseph
Cyril and Methodius
The Archangel Michael
George
Martin of Tours
The Virgin Mary
James the Greater
Teresa of Ávila
Francis Xavier
Lawrence
Joseph Vaz
Thomas the Apostle
The Virgin Mary
Josephine Bakhita
Birgitta of Sweden
Eric IX
Sigfrid of Sweden
Gall
Nicholas of Flue
Barbara
The Virgin Mary
John the Apostle
George
UgandaUganda Martyrs
The Virgin Mary
Josaphat
Andrew
Vladimir I of Kiev
The Virgin Mary
James the Less
Philip the Apostle
The Immaculate Conception
The Virgin Mary
Joseph
Vietnamese Martyrs

Former states

Administrative subdivisions

Cities and towns

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
France
Germany
Greece
Haiti
Hungary
India
Ireland
Italy
Lebanon
Lithuania
Malta
Mexico
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Norway
Philippines
in Naga City, Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Tanzania
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States