Patron saints of places

Former states

Kingdom of Bosnia – Gregory the Miracle-Worker,and Saint Gregory after 1461.

Czechoslovakia – Adalbert of Prague, John of Nepomuk, Ludmila, Cyril and Methodius, Wenceslas

Flanders – Willibrord

Lorraine – Nicholas of Myra

The Mi'kmaq Nation – Anne

Principality and Kingdom of Montenegro – Petar I Petrović Njegoš

Prussia – Adalbert of Prague, Dorothy of Montau, Jutta of Kulmsee

Moldavia – John of Suceava

Kingdom of Serbia – Vitus

Kingdom of Yugoslavia – Cyril and Methodius

Cities and towns

Australia

Brisbane – Mary MacKillop

Austria

Graz – Giles

Linz – Florian

Salzburg – Rupert of Salzburg, Vergilius

Vienna – Clemens Maria Hofbauer

Belgium

Affligem – Michael (archangel)

Anderlecht – Guy of Anderlecht

Antwerp – Walburga

Brecht – Michael (archangel)

Bruges – Andrew the Apostle

Brussels – Gudula, Michael (archangel)

Ghent – Bavo, Macarius of Antioch, Pharaildis

Lier – Gummarus

Mons – Waltrude

Oudenarde – Walburga

Temse – Amalberga

Brazil

Ribeirão Preto – Sebastian

Taquaritinga – Sebastian

Rio de Janeiro – Sebastian

São Paulo – Paul the Apostle

Minas Gerais – Our Lady of Abbey

Jaboticabal – Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Uberlândia – Our Lady of Abbey

Canada

Deschambault, Quebec – Joseph

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador – John the Baptist

Toronto – Michael (archangel)

Colombia

Barranquilla – Nicholas of Tolentino and Saint Roch

Bogotá – Elizabeth of Hungary

Bucaramanga – Immaculate Conception

Buenaventura – Bonaventure

Cali – James the Greater

Cartagena – Peter Claver

Cúcuta – Saint Joseph

El Guamo – Saint Lucy

Envigado – Gertrude the Great

Ibagué – Saint Boniface

Ipiales – Our Lady of Las Lajas

Medellín – Virgin of Candelaria and Lawrence of Rome

Mocoa – Michael (archangel)

Montería – Jerome

Neiva – Immaculate Conception

Pasto – Virgin of Mercy and John the Baptist

Popayán – Ecce homo

Santa Fe de Antioquia – Saint Barbara

Santa Marta – Martha

Soacha – Bernardino of Siena

Tunja – James the Greater

Valledupar – Ecce homo

Croatia

Dubrovnik – Blaise

Losinj – Gaudentius of Ossero

Rab – Christopher

Rijeka – Vitus

Sibenik – Michael (archangel)

Sisak – Quirinus

Split – Duje

Zagreb – Mary

Cuba

Caraballo – Paul the Apostle's Conversion

Havana, Cuba – Christopher

Czech Republic

Plzeň – Bartholomew

Prague – John of Nepomuk, Wenceslas

Denmark

Odense – Saint Alban

Slagelse – Michael (archangel)

Aarhus – Saint Clement of Rome

Ecuador

Guayaquil – James the Greater

Quito – Francis of Assisi

Quito – Santa Maria del Cisne

Egypt

Alexandria – Cyril of Alexandria

France

Abbeville – Wulfram of Sens

Albi – Cecilia

Autun – Symphorian

Avignon – Agricola of Avignon -, Benezet

Baume-les-Messieurs, Fleury-sur-Loire – Drogo

Besançon – Ferreolus and Ferrutio

Dijon – Benignus of Dijon, Urban of Langres

Saint-Fiacre – Fiacre

Gap, Hautes-Alpes – Arnulph

Limoges – Martial

Lourdes – Bernadette of Lourdes

Orléans – Joan of Arc

Paris – Denis, Genevieve

Ploërmel – Saint Armel

Plourin – Budoc

Toulouse – Saturnin

Tours – Gatianus of Tours, Martin of Tours

Vannes – Paternus

Germany

Aachen – Mary, Matthias

Augsburg – Afra, Ulric

Berlin – Benno, Otto of Bamberg, Hedwig of Silesia

Bonn – Cassius of Narni, Adelaide

Bremen – Oscar

Brunswick – Andrew, Auctor, Blaise, Christopher

Cologne – Cunibert, Ursula

Dresden – Benno

Düsseldorf – Apollinaris of Ravenna

Dormagen – Michael

Hamburg – Oscar

Hanover – Matthias

Frankfurt am Main – Helen

Freiburg im Breisgau – George

Koblenz – Mary

Konstanz – Pelagius of Constance

Lübeck – Nicholas

Mainz – Alban of Mainz, Boniface

Munich – Benno

Münster – Ludger of Utrecht

Nuremberg – Sebaldus

Regensburg – Wolfgang, Emmeram

Stuttgart – Christopher

Trier – Maximinus, Peter

Würzburg – Burchard of Würzburg

Zeitz – Michael

Greece

Agios Nikolaos, Crete – Nicholas

Athens – Dionysius the Areopagite

Cephallonia – Gerasimus of Cephallonia

Corfu – Arsenius of Corfu, Spyridon

Corinth – Dionysius of Corinth

Heraklion – Menas

Katerini – Catherine

Larissa – Achillius of Larissa

Lefkada – Spyridon

Patras – Andrew

Piraeus – Spyridon

Skiathos – Mary

Skopelos – Riginos

Sparta – Nikon the Metanoeite

Syros – Nicholas

Thessaloniki – Demetrius of Thessaloniki

Tinos – Pelagia

Zakynthos – Dionysios of Zakynthos

Haiti

Port-au-Prince – Our Lady of the Assumption

Cap-Haïtien – Our Lady of the Assumption

Les Cayes – Our Lady of the Assumption

Jacmel – St James the Less and St Philip the Apostle

Hungary

Budapest – Gül Baba

Dunakeszi – Michael

Szentendre – Andrew

Ireland

Clonmacnoise – Ciaran the Younger

Cloyne – Colman of Cloyne

Cork – Finbarr

Dublin – Laurence O'Toole

Fahan – Mura

Ferns – Aeden of Ferns

Kilbarry/Tarmonberry – Berach

Kilmallock, County Limerick – Mochelloc

Limerick – Munchin

Ross – Fachanan

Italy

Abruzzi – Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

Amalfi – Andrew the Apostle

Ancona – Judas Cyriacus

Aosta – Gratus of Aosta

Aquila – Maximus of Aquila

Assisi – Francis of Assisi

Bari – Nicholas, Sabinus

Benevento – Arthelais, Barbatus of Benevento

Bergamo – Alexander of Bergamo

Bologna – Saint Petronius

Brescia – Faustinus and Jovita

Brindisi – Lawrence of Brindisi

Caltanissetta – Michael

Capriate San Gervasio – Alexander of Bergamo

Castellabate – Constabilis

Castelplanio – Joseph

Catania – Agatha, Aloysius Gonzaga

Cervignano d'Adda – Alexander of Bergamo

Como – Abundius

Cuneo – Michael (archangel)

Craco – Vincenzo Martyr

Fabriano – Adrian of Nicomedia

Ferrara – George

Florence – John the Baptist, Joseph, Zenobius

Fonte Nuova – Joseph

Genoa – George, John the Baptist, Syrus of Genoa

Grosseto – Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia

Imperia – Leonard of Port Maurice

La Spezia – Joseph

Ladispoli – Joseph

Lecce – Bernardino Realino

Lecco – Nicholas

Macchia Valfortore – Nicholas

Matelica – Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia

Messina – Aloysius Gonzaga

Milan – Ambrose

Modica, Sicily – George

Naples – Agnellus, Aloysius Gonzaga, Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Andrew Avellino, James of the Marches, Januarius, John IV, Bishop of Naples, Patricia of Naples

Nocera – Raynald of Nocera

Orvieto – Joseph

Otranto – Antonio Primaldo and his Companion Martyrs

Palermo – Agatha, Benedict the Black, Rosalia

Pavia, Italy – Syrus of Pavia (Siro), Theodore of Pavia

Padua – Anthony of Padua

Pescia – Abdon

Pisa – Rainerius

Ponza – Silverius

Querceta, Seravezza – Joseph

Randazzo – Joseph

Reggio Calabria – George

Reggio Emilia – Prosper of Reggio

Ripacandida – Donatus

Rome – Lawrence, Martina of Rome, Philip Neri, Paul, Peter, Sebastian

Sant'Agata de' Goti – Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Siena – Ansanus the Baptizer, Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena

Sorrento – Antoninus of Sorrento

Spadafora – Joseph

Syracuse – Lucy of Syracuse

Taranto – Catald

Trapani – Albert of Trapani,

Trieste – Justus of Trieste

Turin – John the Baptist, Joseph, Maximus of Turin, Octavius, Solutor

Urbino – Crescentinus

Venice – Mark the Evangelist George, Theodore of Amasea

Veroli – Mary Salome

Verona – Zeno of Verona

Volperino, Foligno – Maro

Lebanon

Beirut – George

Zahlé – Prophet Elias

Lithuania

Kaunas – Nicholas

Vilnius – Antony of Vilnius, Christopher, Eustace of Vilnius, John of Vilnius

Malta

Birgu – Lawrence

Birkirkara – Anthony of Padua, Saint Helena, Joseph, Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Birzebbugia – Peter

Kalkara – Joseph

Luqa – Andrew

Marsaskala – Anne

Mdina, Paul the Apostle's Conversion

Msida – Joseph

Qala – Joseph

Siġġiewi – Nicholas

Valletta – Saint Augustine, Saint Dominic, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Paul the Apostle

Victoria, Gozo – George

Xewkija, Gozo – John the Baptist

Zejtun – Catherine of Alexandria

Zurrieq – Catherine of Alexandria

Mexico

Santiago de Querétaro – James the Greater

Montenegro

Bar – Jovan Vladimir

The Netherlands

Alkmaar – Lawrence

Amersfoort – George

Amsterdam – Nicholas

Dordrecht – Mary

Gouda – John the Baptist

Groningen – Walburga, Martin of Tours

Haarlem – Bavo

Kerkrade – Barbara

Maastricht – Amand of Maastricht

Nijmegen – Stephen

Utrecht – Martin of Tours

Winschoten – Vitus

Zutphen – Walburga

Norway

Oslo – Hallvard

Philippines

Antipolo City, Rizal – Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage

Cabatuan, Iloilo, – Nicholas of Tolentino

Cagayan de Oro – Augustine of Hippo

Calatagan – Dominic of Silos

Cavite – Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga, Francis of Assisi

Cebu – Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pedro Calungsod

Las Piñas – Joseph

Lipa – Sebastian

Manila – The Immaculate Conception

Obando – Our Lady of Salambao, Pascal Baylon, Claire of Assisi

Pasay – Claire of Assisi

Pateros, Metro Manila – Martha, Roch

Quezon City – Our Lady of La Naval de Manila

San Juan – John the Baptist

San Marcelino – Isidore the Laborer

Surigao City – Nicholas of Tolentino

Taal – Martin of Tours

Tandag – Nicholas of Tolentino

Tarlac – St. Sebastian

Poland

Cracow – Faustina, Stanislaus of Szczepanów

Częstochowa – Mary

Łódź – Faustina

Poznań – Paul, Peter

Warsaw – Andrew Bobola, Faustina, Władysław of Gielniów

Wrocław – John the Baptist

Portugal

Lisbon – Anthony of Lisbon, Vincent

Porto – John the Baptist

Póvoa de Varzim – Peter

Romania

Bucharest, Romania – Dimitrie Basarabov

Sfântu Gheorghe – George

Russia

Arkhangelsk – Michael (archangel)

Moscow – Boris, George

Pskov – Vsevolod of Pskov

Saint Petersburg – Peter, Xenia

Samara – Alexius of Moscow

Serbia

Belgrade – Jesus (as the Holy Saviour) and Demetrius

Sremska Mitrovica – Demetrius and Methodius

Kragujevac – George

Leskovac – Holy Trinity

Niš – Procopius

Novi Sad – George

Prizren – George

Arilje – Achillius

Požarevac – Holy Trinity

Svilajnac – Constantine and Helena

Slovakia

Svätý Jur – George

Slovenia

Celje – Maximillianus

Koper – Nazarius

Ljubljana – George

Maribor – John the Baptist

Ptuj – George

Spain

Alcalá de Henares – Justus, Pastor

Andalusia – Saint Luke

Barakaldo – Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Vincent of Saragossa

Barcelona – Eulalia

Calahorra – Emeterius and Celedonius

Candeleda – Bernard of Valdeiglesias

Cartagena – Modestus

Cordoba – Acisclus and Victoria –

Estremadura – Peter of Alcantara

Granada, Spain – Caecilius of Elvira

Jaén – Saint Luke

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) – Anne

Madrid – Eustace, Isidore the Farmer, Justus, Pastor

Mallorca – Alphonsus Rodriguez -

Sahagun – Abdon

San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canary Islands) – Christopher

Santa Cruz de Tenerife – James the Greater

Santander – Emeterius and Celedonius

Santiago de Compostela – James the Greater

Sestao – Peter

Seville, Spain – Ferdinand III of Castile, Justa

Toledo – Leocadia

Zamarramala – Agatha

Sri Lanka

Negombo – Saint Sebastian

Sweden

Stockholm – Eric of Sweden

Växjö – Sigfrid

Turkey

Antakya – Barnabas

Istanbul – John Chrysostom, Constantine of Rome, George, Roch

İzmir – Polycarp

Ukraine

Kiev – Michael (archangel)

United Kingdom

Aberdeen – Machar, Nicholas, Our Lady of Aberdeen

Abingdon-on-Thames – Edmund of Abingdon, Helen

Bodmin – Petroc

Boston – Botulph

Buckingham – Rumwold

Caerleon – Cadog

Canterbury – Augustine of Canterbury, Thomas Beckett

Cardiff – Teilo, Piran

Chester – Werburgh

Chichester – Richard of Chichester

Colchester – Helen of Constantinople

Crowland – Guthlac

Derby – Alcmund of Derby

Dorchester-on-Thames – Birinus

Droitwich – Richard of Chichester

Dundee – Mary

Durham – Cuthbert of Lindisfarne

Edinburgh – Giles

Ely – Etheldreda

Exeter – Sativola (English: Sidwell)

Glasgow – Kentigern, Theneva

Greenwich – Alfege

Hereford – Thomas Cantilupe

Holywell – Winifred

Lichfield – Chad of Mercia

Lincoln – Hugh of Lincoln

Liverpool – Nicholas

Llandeilo Fawr – Teilo

Llantwit Major – Illtud

London – Erkenwald, George, Mellitus, Michael, Paul the Apostle

Malmesbury – Aldhelm

Newport – Gwynllyw the Bearded

Oxford – Frideswide

Padstow – Piran

Paisley – Mirin, James the Greater, Our Lady of Paisley

Perranporth – Piran

Perth – John the Baptist

Portsmouth – Thomas Beckett, Nicholas

Reading – James the Greater

Ripon – Wilfrid

St. Albans – Alban

St. Andrews – Andrew

St. Brides Wentloog – Brigit of Kildare (Welsh: Ffraid)

St. Davids – David (Dewi Sant)

St. Helier, Jersey – Helier

St. Peter Port, Guernsey – Peter

Salisbury – Osmund

Shrewsbury – Winifred

Stafford – Bertelin

Steyning – Cuthman

Winchcombe – Kenelm

Winchester – Swithun

Worcester – Oswald of Worcester, Wulfstan

Wrexham – Richard Gwyn

York – Peter, William of York

United States

Acoma Pueblo – James the Greater

Arlington, Virginia – Thomas More

Boston – Patrick

Detroit, Michigan – Anne

Kalamazoo, Michigan – Augustine of Hippo

Las Vegas, Nevada – Paul the Apostle

Los Angeles, California– Our Lady, Queen of Angels

New Orleans, Louisiana – Expedite

New York City – Nicholas

Ruskin, Florida – Anne

Saint Augustine, Florida – Augustine of Hippo

Saint Paul, Minnesota – Paul the Apostle

San Diego, California – Didacus of Alcalá

San Francisco, California – Francis of Assisi

Santa Fe, New Mexico – Francis of Assisi

St. Louis, Missouri – Louis

Superior, Wisconsin – Augustine of Hippo

Taos, New Mexico – Anne, John the Apostle

Thibodaux, Louisiana – Valeria of Milan

Tucson, Arizona – Augustine of Hippo

Archdioceses and dioceses

Joseph

Mary

Diocese of Badulla, Sri Lanka

Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Diocese of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

Diocese of Galle, Sri Lanka

Immaculate Mother of God – Diocese of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Our Lady of Madhu – Diocese of Mannar, Sri Lanka

Our Lady of Prompt Succor – Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana

Anne – Diocese of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

Saint Anthony of Padua – Diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka

Asicus – Diocese of Elphin

Augustine of Hippo – diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut

Ciaran the Elder – Diocese of Ossory

Eurosia – the diocese of Jaca

Jarlath – the archdiocese of Tuam, Ireland

Kevin – Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland

Lawrence O'Toole – archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland

Louis – the Archdiocese of St. Louis

St. James the Greater – Archdiocese of Seattle

Saint Peter and Saint Paul – Diocese of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka

Stanislaus of Cracow – archdiocese of Cracow, Poland

Francis of Assisi – the Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

John Fisher – the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, New York

Munchin – diocese of Limerick; Limerick (city)

Saint Mary MacKillop – Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga

Islam

Although Islam has no codified doctrine of patronage on the part of saints, it has nevertheless been an important part of both Sunni and Shia Islamic tradition that particularly important classical saints have served as the heavenly advocates for specific Muslim empires, nations, cities, towns, and villages. With regard to the sheer omnipresence of this belief, the late Martin Lings wrote: "There is scarcely a region in the empire of Islam which has not a Sufi for its Patron Saint." As the veneration accorded saints often develops purely organically in Islamic climates, in a manner different to Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity, "patron saints" are often recognized through popular acclaim rather than through official declaration. Traditionally, it has been understood that the patron saint of a particular place prays for that place's wellbeing and for the health and happiness of all who live therein. Here is a partial list of Muslim patron saints: