Patron saints of places

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 Nursiahttp://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=57724 – 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 WorldSaint Joseph
== 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 of Poland - 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 - Canada; 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
*Leopold the Good of Austria - Austria
*St. Lorenzo Ruiz - Philippines
*Louis IX - France
*Louis Bertrand - Colombia
*Ludmila - Czech Republic
*Margaret of Scotland - Scotland
*Marinus - San Marino
*Mark - Australia
*Martin of Tours - France
*Maruthas - Persia; Iran
*Mary - Mexico
*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, 
*Palladius - Scotland
*Patrick - Ireland, Nigeria
*Paul the Apostle - Malta
*Our Lady of Aparecida - Brazil
*Philip of Jesus - Mexico
*Pius V - Malta
*Plechelm - Netherlands
*Procopius - Czech Republic
*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 - Cornuaille, Bretagne
*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; Quebec
*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
*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 - Bretagne
== 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 Orleans, Louisiana
*Fachanan - Ross, Ireland
*Ferdinand III of Castile - Seville, Spain
*Ferreolus and Ferrutio - Besancon
*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; 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 - New Orleans
*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 - Alcala 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 - Jaen - 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
*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
*Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre - Cuba
*Osmund - Salisbury, England
*Oswald of Worcester - Worcester, England
*Panagia Kastriani - Skiathos Island, Greece; Tzia Island, Greece
*Pastor - Alcala de Henares, Spain; Madrid, Spain
*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, FL USA
*Alexander Sauli - Corsica
*Sebaldus - Nuremberg, Germany
*Sebastian - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Rome, Italy ; Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
*Sidwell - Exeter, England
*Sigfrid - Växjö, Sweden
*Silverius - Ponza, Italy
*Solutor - Turin, Italy
*Spyridon - Kerkira Island, Greece
*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 Hartford, Connecticut; Diocese of Itanagar, India; Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin; 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, Mindoro, Philippines; Diocese of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines; Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Diocese of Tagbilaran, Philippines; Diocese of Virac, Philippines; and Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia
== See also ==
* Patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers
* Patron saints of occupations and activities
* Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
== References ==
 
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