Patron saints of places

In various denominations of Christianity, some deceased Christians are recognized as saints. Some such saints are regarded as patron saints, or heavenly advocates, of certain locations.

Continents

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Patron saints by regions
Patron saints of Europe
ContinentPatron saintNotes
Asia Francis Xavier[1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent.[2][3]
Africa Moses the Black
Our Lady of Africa
Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent.[4]
The Americas

The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe)[5][6]
Rose of Lima (Rosa de Lima)[7][8]
Óscar Romero
Herman of Alaska[9]

Antarctica The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Snows)[10]
John Bosco[11]
Europe Benedict of Nursia[12][13]
Cyril and Methodius[14][15]
Bridget of Sweden[12]
Catherine of Siena[12]
Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)[12]
Benedict of Nursia is the main patron saint,[16] the others are considered co-patrons.[17]
The Virgin Mary (It is believed the whole of Europe was granted protection under Our Lady of Europe in the 14th century[18])
Oceania Saint Paisios of Mount Athos (Australia)
Peter Chanel[19]

Geographical regions

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Countries

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St. Henry the bishop

This list only includes sovereign states. Subdivisions, such as the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, are listed below under "Administrative subdivisions".

CountryPatron saint
Albania The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Good Counsel[12])
Andorra The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Meritxell)
Angola The Immaculate Heart of Mary[12][25]
Argentina The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Luján[12])
Francis Solanus
Laura Vicuña
Martin of Tours
Armenia Gregory the Illuminator[12]
Bartholomew the Apostle
Jude the Apostle
Mesrop Mashtots
Australia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Help of Christians)[26]

Saint Paisios of Mount Athos[27]
Mary of the Cross MacKillop[28]

Austria Joseph[25]
Colman of Stockerau[29]
Florian[25]
Leopold the Good
Maurice[25]
Severinus of Noricum
Vergilius of Salzburg
The Virgin Mary[23]
Azerbaijan Bartholomew the Apostle[30]
Elisæus of Albania[31]
The Virgin Mary, Protector of Caucasus
John of Baku[32]
Bahrain The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Arabia)
Bangladesh Francis Xavier
Barbados Andrew[33]
Belarus Cyril of Turov
Euphrosyne of Polotsk[34]
Belgium Joseph[12][23]
Belize George
Bolivia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Candelaria,[12] Our Lady of Copacabana,[12] and Our Lady of Mount Carmel[35])
Bosnia and Herzegovina Elijah[36]
Brazil Saint Raphael the Archangel (As Protective Angel of the Brazilian Nation)

The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Aparecida)[12][35]
Peter of Alcantara[12]
Joseph of Anchieta[37]

Brunei Francis Xavier
Bulgaria Cyril and Methodius
John of Rila
Cambodia Joseph
Cameroon The Blessed Virgin Mary (Immaculate Heart of Mary)
Canada Jean de Brébeuf
Joseph
Anne[12][23]
Saint George[23]
the Canadian Martyrs[5]
Patrick[citation needed]
Chile The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)[12]
James the Greater[12][23]
Teresa of Los Andes
China The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sheshan)
Joseph[12]
Francis Xavier
Chinese Martyrs
Colombia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá)
Louis Bertrand[12]
Peter Claver[12]
Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena[12]
Costa Rica The Virgin Mary (as Virgen de los Ángeles, also known as La Negrita)[38]
Croatia Joseph (by the decision of the Croatian Parliament from 1687 he is the official patron saint of Croatia)
Jerome
Cyril and Methodius
Cuba The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Charity[12])
Cyprus Barnabas[39]
Lazarus
Marina the Martyr
Czech Republic Adalbert of Prague
Agnes of Bohemia
John of Nepomuk
Ludmila
Cyril and Methodius
Procopius
Sigismund
Wenceslaus
Vitus
Democratic Republic of Congo The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[40])[23]
Joseph
Denmark Ansgar[12]
Canute IV[12]
Dominican Republic The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Altagracia and Our Lady of Mercy[41][42][43])
Dominic[12]
East Timor Our Lady of Immaculate
Ecuador The Sacred Heart of Jesus[12]
The Immaculate Heart of Mary[44]
Mary Anne de Paredes (Spanish: Mariana de Paredes y Flores)
Our Lady of El Cisne[45]
Egypt Mark the Evangelist[44]
Maurice
El Salvador The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Peace[12])
The Transfigured Jesus (the Divine Savior of the World)
Equatorial Guinea The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[12])
The Transfiguration of Jesus (as the Divine Savior of the World)
Ethiopia Frumentius
George[12]
Faroe Islands Olav the Holy
Fiji Peter
Finland Henry of Uppsala[12][23]
France The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption[12])
The Archangel Michael
Denis of Paris[23]
Martin of Tours
Louis IX
Joan of Arc[12]
Remi
Thérèse de Lisieux[12]
Petronilla
Radegund
Maurice
Georgia George[12]
Nino
Germany Adalbert of Magdeburg
Ansgar[46]
Boniface[12]
Bruno of Cologne
Peter Canisius
Kilian of Würzburg
The Archangel Michael[23][12]
Suitbert of Kaiserswerdt
George
Maurice
Greece The Virgin Mary (as the Panagia)
George
Andrew
Nicholas of Myra
Paul the Apostle[47]
Greenland Hans Egede[48][49]
Guam The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Camarin)
Guatemala The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Rosary)
James the Greater[47]
Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
Haiti The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Perpetual Succor[47])
Honduras The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Suyapa[47])
Hong Kong The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)[50]
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Chinese Martyrs
Hungary The Virgin Mary
Adalbert of Prague
Astricus
Emeric of Hungary (Hungarian: Imre)
Cyril[51]
Gerard Sagredo
Stephen of Hungary[12][23]
Elizabeth of Hungary
Iceland Ansgar[52]
Thorlac Thorhallsson[12]
India The Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of the Assumption)
Thomas the Apostle
Francis Xavier
Indonesia The Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Perpetual Help)
Joseph
Thomas
Francis Xavier
Iran Maruthas
Joseph
Ireland Patrick[23][53]
Columba[12]
Brigid of Kildare[54]
Italy Catherine of Siena[12]
Francis of Assisi[12]
Maurice
Jamaica The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
George
Japan Peter Baptist[12]
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Our Lady of Akita
Jordan John the Baptist[52]
Kenya Kenya The Virgin Mary (as Mary, Queen of Love)[55]
George
Korea The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Joseph
Andrew Kim Taegon
Paul Chong Hasang
Korean Martyrs
Kuwait The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Arabia)
Latvia George
Lebanon The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Lebanon)
Saint Maron

Barbara
Charbel Makhlouf

Lesotho The Immaculate Heart of Mary[12][44]
Lithuania Casimir[56]
George[57]
Luxembourg Cunigunde of Luxemburg[6][12]
Willibrord[12]
Macau The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
John the Baptist
Joseph
Francis Xavier
Catherine of Siena
Madagascar Vincent de Paul
Malaysia Francis Xavier
George
Malta The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption and Our Lady of Victories)[12]
Paul the Apostle[12]
Agatha of Sicily
Publius
George (patron saint of Gozo, one of the Maltese islands)
Ursula (patroness saint of Gozo since the 17th century, the second largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
Mauritius Louis IX of France
Mexico The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe[12][23])
Philip of Jesus
Joseph[58]
Moldova George
Monaco Devota[59]
Mozambique Immaculate Conception
 Netherlands Plechelm
Willibrord[12][23]
New Caledonia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption[19])
New Zealand The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption[12])
Joseph

Peter Chanel[60]
George
Andrew
Patrick

Nicaragua James the Greater[19]
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Nigeria Patrick[19]
North Macedonia Clement of Ohrid
Cyril and Methodius
Norway Olaf II (known as Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae)[12][23]
Magnus of Orkney[19]
Pakistan Francis Xavier[61]
George
State of Palestine The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady, Queen of Palestine)
George
Panama The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Antigua)
Papua New Guinea The Archangel Michael
Andrew
George
Joseph
Paraguay The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Caacupé[61])
Martin of Tours[12]
Peru Rose of Lima
Turibius of Mogroveio
Joseph[12]
Philippines The Virgin Mary (as

Lorenzo Ruíz
Pedro Calungsod
Pudentiana
Rose of Lima
Santo Niño de Cebú

Poland The Virgin Mary (as The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland and Our Lady of Częstochowa)[12]
Adalbert of Prague[62]
Stanislaus of Cracow[12]
Stanislaus Kostka
Andrew Bobola
Jadwiga of Poland
Casimir[56]
Hyacinth
Kinga of Poland[12]
John of Kanty
Florian
Wenceslaus
John of Dukla
Hedwig of Silesia
Pope John Paul II
Portugal The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)[12]
Anthony of Padua[12]
The Guardian Angel of Portugal
George[12][23]
Romania Virgin Mary
Andrew
Stephen the Great
George
Parascheva
John the New of Suceava [ro]
Russia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Derzhavnaya)
Alexander Nevsky
Andrew[63]
Basil the Great[64]
Casimir[64]
George
Joseph[64]
Vladimir I of Kiev
Boris and Gleb
Sergius of Radonezh
Thérèse of Lisieux
Rwanda Christ the King
Andrew
Joseph
San Marino Marinus
Nicholas of Myra[12][64]
Agatha
Serbia Sava[65][66]
Cyril and Methodius
Singapore Francis Xavier
Joseph
Anna Wang
Slovakia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Sorrows)[12]
Cyril and Methodius
Slovenia Joseph
Cyril and Methodius
Solomon Islands The Archangel Michael[67]
South Africa George
Martin of Tours[12]
South Sudan Josephine Bakhita
Spain The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)[67]
James the Greater[23]
Teresa of Ávila[12]
Sri Lanka Francis Xavier
Lawrence[12]
Joseph Vaz
Thomas the Apostle
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Lanka and Our Lady of Madhu)
George
Sudan Josephine Bakhita
Sweden Bridget of Sweden[68][23]
Eric IX[12]
Sigfrid of Sweden
 Switzerland Gall
Nicholas of Flue[69]
Syria Barbara
Taiwan The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Joseph
Anna Wang
Tanzania The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[68])
George
Thailand The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Assumption)
Joseph
Tunisia Cyprian of Carthage[25]
Turkey John the Apostle[70]
George
Uganda Uganda Uganda Martyrs[71]
The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Africa)[72]
Ukraine Andrew
George
Vladimir I of Kiev
The Virgin Mary (as Protecting Veil of the Theotokos)
Uruguay The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Thirty-Three[73])
James the Less
Philip the Apostle[74]
United States The Virgin Mary (as Mary of the Immaculate Conception)[75]
The Archangel Michael
George
Andrew
Patrick
Venezuela The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Coromoto[68])
Vietnam Joseph
Vietnamese Martyrs

Former countries

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Administrative subdivisions

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Note: Patron saints are likely to be related to fixed traditional regions, and not to the changing boundaries of administrative subdivisions.

CountrySubdivisionPatron saint(s)
Argentina Buenos Aires Martin of Tours
Buenos Aires Province Our Lady of the Rosary
Gervasius and Protasius
Mary Help of Christians
Rita of Cascia
Isidore the Laborer
Virgin of Mercy
Pope Pontian
Black Virgin of Oropa
Mary Magdalene
Joseph
Our Lady of Lourdes
Gabriel
Our Lady of the Pillar
Peter
Córdoba Jerome
Corrientes Our Lady of Itatí
Misiones Joseph
San Luis Louis IX of France
Santa Fe Lawrence, Virgin of Mercy, Saint George, Saint Roch, John the Baptist, Our Lady of Itatí, Sacred Heart, Our Lady of the Rosary, Jerome
Tucumán Isidore the Laborer
Santa Cruz Mary (as Virgin of the Valley), Our Lady of the Rosary, Mary Help of Christians
Chubut Our Lady of Guadalupe
La Rioja Province, Argentina La Rioja Nicholas of Bari
Austria
Upper AustriaFlorian
StyriaJoseph
CarinthiaJoseph
Belgium HainautWaltrude[80]
Flanders Lutgardis, Amandus
Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of SrpskaStephen
Brazil
AcreMary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
AlagoasMary (as Our Lady of Joy)
AmapáJoseph
AmazonasMary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
BahiaMary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
CearáJoseph
Distrito FederalJohn Bosco
Espírito SantoHoly Spirit
GoiásMary ( as Our Lady of Abadia)
MaranhãoSaint Joseph (as Saint Joseph of Ribamar)
Mato GrossoJesus Christ (as Our Lord, the Good Jesus)
Mato Grosso do SulMary, as Our Lady of the Abbey
Minas GeraisMary (as Our Lady of Piety)
ParáMary (as Our Lady of Nazareth)
ParaíbaMary (as Our Lady of Snows)
ParanáMary (as Our Lady of Rocio)
PernambucoMary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
PiauíMary (as Our Lady of Victory)
Rio de JaneiroSebastian
Rio Grande do NorteSaint Martyrs of Cunhaú and Uruaçu
Rio Grande do SulPeter
RondôniaMary (as Our Lady of Nazareth)
RoraimaMary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
Santa CatarinaCatherine of Alexandria
São PauloPaul
SergipeMary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception)
TocantinsMary (as Our Lady of Nativity)
Canada Newfoundland and LabradorJohn the Baptist
Nova ScotiaNinian
QuebecAnne
John the Baptist
Croatia DalmatiaBlaise
Czech Republic BohemiaWenceslaus, Ludmila, Vitus, Adalbert of Prague, Agnes of Bohemia, Procopius, Sigismund of Burgundy, Norbert of Xanten, Joseph,[12] John of Nepomuk
MoraviaCyril and Methodius,[12] Wenceslaus, Jan Sarkander
France AlsaceOdile of Alsace
AuvergneGerald Aurillac
BrittanyDedicated:
Anna, Ivo of Kermartin
Seven Founders:
Corentin of Cornwall
Tudwal of Landreger
Pol-Aorelian of Leon,
Padarn of Gwened
Samson of Dol
Brioc
Malo.
CorsicaJulia of Corsica, Devota, Alexander Sauli
Île-de-France (Paris)Denis, Genevieve
LorraineSaint Nicholas, Joan of Arc
Catalonia Northern CataloniaGeorge, Saint John
Germany BavariaSt. Mary Patroness of Bavaria (feast on 1 May)
St. Rupert and St. Emmeram (Bavaria proper)
St. Kilian and St. Sebaldus (Franconia)
St. Hedwig of Andechs
SaxonyWillehad of Bremen
Greece AeginaSaint Nectarios
CephaloniaSaint Gerasimos
ChiosSaint Markella
CreteSaint Titus
CorfuSaint Spyridon, Saint Arsenius of Corfu
EuboeaSaint Paraskevi
LaconiaSaint Nikon the Metanoeite
PatmosSaint John the Theologian
RhodesSaint Phanourios
SkyrosSaint George
TinosSaint Pelagia, Mary (as Our Lady of Tinos)
ZakynthosSaint Dionysios of Zakynthos
Indonesia BorneoFrancis Xavier[23]
Italy CremonaHomobonus
LombardyCharles Borromeo[23]
PiedmontSaint Maurice[23]
SicilyAndrew Avellino, Nicholas of Myra, Rosalia
KenyaNyeriIrene Stefani
Lebanon North LebanonAwtel
South LebanonChristina of Bolsena
Malaysia PenangAnne
Francis Xavier
MalaccaFrancis Xavier
Sabah
Labuan
Joseph
Mary (Our Lady of Mount Kinabalu)
SarawakJoseph
Mexico ChihuahuaOur Lady of La Soledad de Parral
VeracruzRafael Guizar y Valencia
Philippines AlbayMary (Our Lady of Salvation)
BatangasSaint Joseph, Our Lady of Caysasay
Bicol (region)Mary (as Our Lady of Peñafrancia)
CagayanMary (Our Lady of Piat)
LagunaJames the Apostle
PampangaMary (as Virgen de los Remedios)
QuezonIsidore the Laborer
RizalMary (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage), Clement of Rome
Western Visayas (region)Mary (as Our Lady of Candelaria)
Portugal LisbonSaint Vincent, Saint Anthony, Mary (as Saint Mary Major)
OportoMary (as Nossa Senhora de Vandoma, Our Lady of Assumption), Saint John
CoimbraSaint Augustine, Saint Elizabeth, Thomas of Villanova
BragaSaint Martin of Braga, Saint Gerald, Mary (as Our Lady of Assumption), Saint John
Russia Kaliningrad OblastAdalbert of Prague
Serbia VojvodinaCyril and Methodius
Spain AndalusiaJohn of Avila, Virgin of Hope of Macarena
AragonOur Lady of the Pillar, Agathoclia, Braulio, George
AsturiasOur Lady of Covadonga
CastileEmilian of Cogolla
Canary IslandsOur Lady of Candelaria, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
CantabriaOur Lady of Aparecida,
CataloniaGeorge, Virgin of Montserrat
CeutaOur Lady of Africa
EuskadiSaint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Prudentius
ExtremaduraOur Lady of Guadalupe, John the Baptist
GaliciaJames the Greater[12]
La Rioja La RiojaOur Lady of Valvanera
Leonese CountryMarcellus of Tangier
MadridIsidore the Laborer, Virgin of Almudena
NavarreFermin, Francis Xavier, Saturnin, Santa María the Royal of Pamplona, Raymond of Penyafort
ValenciaVincent Ferrer, Our Lady of the Forsaken
United Kingdom

†Crown dependencies
EnglandGeorge[12][23]
Gregory the Great
Augustine of Canterbury
Edmund the Martyr
Edward the Confessor
Michael the Archangel[44]
Our Lady of Walsingham
BerkshireBirinus[citation needed]
CornwallPiran, Michael the Archangel, Petroc[citation needed]
Cumbria Bega
DevonBoniface
Dorset Wite[81]
East AngliaEdmund the Martyr; Suffolk
EssexCedd
The English FensGuthlac[citation needed]
HerefordshireDubricius[citation needed]
KentAugustine of Canterbury
LondonSaint Paul
MerciaChad of Mercia, Bertelin,[82] Alban
NorthumbriaCuthbert of Lindisfarne, Oswald
SussexRichard of Chichester, Wilfrid
WessexAldhelm, Swithun
West Riding of YorkshireWilfrid
WiltshireOsmund
Northern IrelandSaint Patrick (also see Ireland (above))
ScotlandAndrew the Apostle,[63][23] Margaret of Scotland, Columba,[12][52] Palladius
BarraFinbarr
EiggDonnán
GallowayNinian
LennoxKessog
OrkneyMagnus
WalesDavid[68][23]
Gibraltar (territory)Bernard of Clairvaux,[83] Mary (as Our Lady of Europe)
GuernseySamson of Dol[84]
Isle of ManMaughold[85]
JerseyHelier[86]
United States AlabamaOur Lady of the Gulf[87][88]
AlaskaSt. Herman of Alaska, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Our Lady of the Kodiak and the Islands[87][88]
ArizonaOur Lady of the Highways[87][88]
ArkansasOur Lady of the Holy Souls[87][88]
CaliforniaSt. Junipero Serra, Our Lady of the Refuge, Our Lady of the Wayside[87][88]
ColoradoSt. Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[87][88]
ConnecticutNotre Dame of Easton[87][88]
DelawareOur Lady of Mercy[87][88]
FloridaOur Lady of La Leche[87][88]
GeorgiaImmaculate Heart of Mary[87][88]
HawaiiFather Damien, St. Marianne Cope, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Our Lady Queen of Peace[87][88]
IdahoOur Lady of Limerick[87][88]
IllinoisOur Lady of the Universe[87][88]
IndianaSt. Théodore Guérin, Our Lady of Providence[87][88]
IowaMary of Nazareth[87][88]
KansasMary Queen of Angels[87][88]
KentuckyMary Mother of God[87][88]
LouisianaOur Lady of Prompt Succor[87][88]
MaineOur Lady of Peace[87][88]
MarylandSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Our Lady of the Assumption[87][88]
MassachusettsSt. Patrick, Our Lady of the Incarnation[87][88]
MichiganOur Lady Gate of Heaven[87][88]
MinnesotaOur Lady Mother of the Church[87][88]
MississippiOur Lady of Sorrows[87][88]
MissouriOur Lady of Calvary[87][88]
MontanaOur Lady of the Pines[87][88]
NebraskaOur Lady of the Presentation[87][88]
NevadaOur Lady of Las Vegas[87][88]
New HampshireOur Lady of Perpetual Help[87][88]
New JerseyOur Lady of Fatima[87][88]
New MexicoOur Lady of Guadalupe[87][88]
New YorkSt. Nicholas, Our Lady Help of Christians[87][88]
North CarolinaOur Lady of the Holy Rosary[87][88]
North DakotaMary Queen of Peace[87][88]
OhioOur Lady of Consolation[87][88]
OklahomaOur Lady, Queen of all Saints[87][88]
OregonOur Lady of the Woods[87][88]
PennsylvaniaOur Lady of the Miraculous Medal[87][88]
Puerto RicoOur Lady of Providence[89]
Rhode IslandOur Lady of Mount Carmel[87][88]
South CarolinaMary the Virgin Mother[87][88]
South DakotaOur Lady of the Prairie[87][88]
TennesseeOur Lady of Lourdes[87][88]
TexasOur Lady of the Annunciation[87][88]
UtahOur Lady of the Snows[87][88]
VermontOur Lady of Grace[87][88]
VirginiaOur Lady Queen of the Apostles[87][88]
WashingtonOur Lady of Good Help[87][88]
West VirginiaOur Lady of Victory[87][88]
WisconsinOur Lady of the Americas[87][88]
WyomingOur Lady of the Valley[87][88]

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Austria

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Azerbaijan

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Belgium

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Brazil

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Canada

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Colombia

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Croatia

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Cuba

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Czech Republic

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Denmark

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Ecuador

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Germany

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Greece

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Haiti

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Kenya

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Malta

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Mexico

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Montenegro

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Netherlands

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Nicaragua

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Peru

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Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City, Philippines

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Rwanda

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Mary is the patroness saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, which the Bishop claimed included the moon.
LocationPatron saintNotes
Outer space Joseph of Cupertino Because of his ability to levitate, Joseph of Cupertino is the patron saint of astronauts.[116]
Moon Mary, mother of Jesus Mary is the patroness saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando,[117] which Bishop William Donald Borders claimed included the moon due to a technicality in the 1917 Code of Canon Law which supposedly expanded the diocese's territory to include the moon following the flight of Apollo 11.[118][119][120]

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References

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  6. 1 2 Walsh, p. 13.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 Clement X, Pope (11 August 1670). "Bull Sacrosancti Apostolatus Cura". § 3: Bullarium Romanum, 26VII, 42. (Latin text) declaram, &principaliorem Patronam omnium, & singularum Provinciarum, Regnorum, Insularum, & Regionaum Terrae firmae totius Americae, Phillipinarum, & Indiarum, cum eisdem praerogativis dicta autoritate tenore praefentium eligimus pariter, & declaramus
    (translation) "...I, Clement, (..) proclaim Blessed Rosa de Santa Maria as the principal patroness of each and every province, country, island and area of the entire land of the Americas, the Philippines and the Indies, with the same prerogatives of the designated authority, we declare."
  9. "Holy Hermit St Herman of Alaska". Holy Hermits Online. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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