patron saints of countries and towns Like the rest of this volume, the list printed below is selective, not comprehensive. Patrons of towns in Great Britain and Ireland are found in the Index of Places. Towns called Saint-, San-, Santa-are not included below unless their patron saint is different from that of the place-name. Patrons of capital cities, unless otherwise stated, are the same as those of their countries. The numerous patronages of the Blessed Virgin Mary (B.V.M.) are usually linked to her principal feast of the Assumption (Dormition) on 15 August. The choice of some patron saints is popular and immemorial; others are due to the acquisition of relics, others again through papal decision with local consultation. Many items in this list have been derived from the comprehensive list of saints' patronages of professions, trades, and places in the Index volume of Bibliotheca Sanctorum (Indice Patronati, pp. 293–348).
| Abbeville, France Wulfram of Sens |
| Africa, northern Cyprian |
| Africa, central B.V.M. |
| Africa, eastern B.V.M. |
| Africa, southern B.V.M. |
| Albania B.V.M. (‘Of Good Counsel’) |
| Albi, France Cecilia |
| Alexandria, Egypt Cyril of Alexandria |
| Algeria Cyprian |
| Alsace, France Odile |
| Amalfi, Italy Andrew |
| Angers, France Maurice and Companions |
| Annecy, France Francis of Sales |
| Antwerp, Belgium B.V.M. |
| Aragon, Spain Braulio |
| Argentina B.V.M. (‘Immaculata’), Francis Solano |
| Arles, France Trophimus |
| Arras, France Vedast |
| Assisi, Italy Rufinus of Assisi, Francis |
| Augsburg, Germany Ulric |
| Australia B.V.M., Peter Chanel |
| Austria Leopold III |
| Autun, France Lazarus of Bethany |
| Auvergne, France Julian of Brioude |
| Auxerre, France Germanus of Auxerre |
| Avignon, France Benezet |
| Bamberg, Germany Henry II |
| Banja Luka, Bosnia Bonaventure |
| Barcelona, Spain Eulalia |
| Bari, Italy Nicholas |
| Basle, Switzerland B.V.M. |
| Bavaria, Germany Benno |
| Belgrade, Serbia Demetrius of Sirmium |
| Benevento, Italy Bartholomew |
| Bergen, Norway Sunniva |
| Berlin, Germany Nicholas |
| Bingen, Germany Martin of Tours |
| Bohemia, Czech Republic John of Nepomuk, Norbert |
| Bolivia Francis Solano |
| Bonn, Germany Cassius and Florence |
| Bordeaux, France Andrew, Severinus |
| Brazil B.V.M., Peter of Alcantara |
| Bremen, Germany Anskar |
| Brno, Czech Republic Peter and Paul, Cyril and Methodius |
| Bruges, Belgium Donatian of Rheims |
| Brussels, Belgium Gudule |
| Budapest, Hungary Stephen of Hungary |
| Bulgaria Cyril and Methodius |
| Burgos, Spain Dominic |
| Cahors, France Stephen |
| Capestrano, Italy John of Capestrano |
| Capua, Italy Stephen |
| Catania, Sicily Agatha |
| Chartres, France B.V.M. |
| Chile Francis Solano |
| Cologne, Germany Cunibert, Ursula |
| Colombia B.V.M. (‘Of the Rosary’), Luis Bertrand |
| Colombo, Sri Lanka Lucy |
| Cordoba, Spain Acislus and Victoria, Ferdinand III |
| Corsica Devota |
| Cremona, Italy Homobonus |
| Cuba B.V.M. |
| Denmark Anskar |
| Dresden, Germany B.V.M. |
| Dubrovnik, Croatia Blaise |
| Dusseldorf, Germany Apollinaris |
| Ecuador B.V.M. |
| Echternach, Luxembourg Willibrord |
| England George (formerly Edward and Edmund) |
| Erfurt, Germany Martin of Tours |
| Essen, Germany Cosmas and Damian |
| Europe Benedict, Cyril and Methodius |
| Finland Henry of Finland |
| Florence, Italy John the Baptist |
| France B.V.M., Joan of Arc, Theresa of Lisieux |
| Gaeta Erasmus |
| Genoa, Italy George |
| Germany Boniface, Anskar |
| Ghent, Belgium Bavo |
| Gibraltar Bernard of Clairvaux |
| Granada, Spain Cecilius, John of God |
| Greece Paul the Apostle, Nicholas |
| Guatemala James the Great |
| Hamburg, Germany Peter |
| Hanover, Germany James the Great |
| Heidelberg, Germany John the Baptist |
| Holland Willibrord |
| Honduras B.V.M. |
| Iceland Anskar |
| India Francis Xavier |
| Indonesia B.V.M. |
| Ireland Patrick |
| Italy Francis of Assisi, Catherine of Siena |
| Jaen, Spain B.V.M., Catherine of Alexandria |
| Jena, Germany Michael |
| Kassel, Germany Martin of Tours |
| Kiev, Ukraine Vladimir |
| Koln, Germany see Cologne |
| Las Palmas, Canary Islands Peter of Verona |
| Leipzig, Germany John Baptist |
| Le Mans, France Julian of Le Mans |
| Leon, Spain Marcellus |
| Leuven (Louvain), Belgium Peter the Apostle |
| Lie`ge, Belgium Hubert |
| Lima, Peru Rose |
| Lisbon, Portugal Adrian of Nicomedia |
| Lisieux, France Theresa of Lisieux |
| Lithuania Casimir, Stanislaus Kostka, Cunegund |
| Ljubjana, Slovenia George |
| Locarno, Switzerland Antony of Egypt |
| London Erkenwald |
| Lucerne, Switzerland Leodegarius |
| Lugano, Switzerland Laurence |
| Luxembourg B.V.M., Willibrord, Cunegund |
| Lyons, France Pothinus, Blandina (Martyrs of Lyons) |
| Macon, France Vincent of Saragossa |
| Madagascar Vincent de Paul |
| Madrid, Spain Isidore the Farmer |
| Magdeburg, Germany Norbert |
| Majorca, Spain Alphonsus Rodriguez |
| Malines (Mechelen), Belgium Rumold |
| Malta Paul the Apostle. |
| Marsala, Sicily John Baptist |
| Marseilles, France Lazarus of Bethany, Victor |
| Meaux, France Stephen |
| Metz, France Stephen |
| Minorca, Spain Antony of Egypt |
| Monaco Devota |
| Monte Cassino, Italy Benedict |
| Montefiascone, Italy Margaret of Antioch |
| Montpellier, France Roch |
| Monza, Italy John Baptist |
| Moravia Wenceslas, Cyril and Methodius |
| Munich, Germany Benno |
| Nancy, France Sigebert |
| Nantes, France Donatian and Rogatian |
| Naples, Italy Januarius, Alphonsus, Francis of Paula, John Joseph of the Cross |
| Nevers, France Cyrus and Julitta |
| New Caledonia B.V.M. |
| New Zealand B.V.M., Peter Chanel |
| Nicaragua James the Great |
| Nimes, France B.V.M. |
| Nola, Italy Paulinus of Nola |
| Norway Magnus of Norway, Olaf |
| Oceania Peter Chanel |
| Orleans, France Anianus |
| Oslo, Norway Hallvard |
| Ostend, Belgium Peter and Paul |
| Paderborn, Germany Antony of Egypt |
| Padua, Italy Antony of Padua |
| Pakistan Francis Xavier |
| Palermo, Sicily Benedict the African |
| Palestine B.V.M. |
| Palma, Majorca Sebastian |
| Pamplona, Spain Sernin of Toulouse |
| Paraguay B.V.M., Francis Solano |
| Paris, France Genevieve, Louis IX |
| Passau, Germany Valentine |
| Patmos, Greece John the Evangelist |
| Pe´ronne, France Fursey |
| Peru Joseph, Francis Solano, Turibius, Rose of Lima |
| Philippine Islands B.V.M. (‘Immaculata’); Rose of Lima |
| Piedmont, Italy Eusebius of Vercelli, Maurice |
| Pilsen, Czech Republic Bartholomew |
| Pisa, Italy Rainier |
| Pistoia, Italy James the Great |
| Ploermel, France Armel |
| Poissy, France Louis IX |
| Poitiers, France Louis IX |
| Poland B.V.M., Adalbert, Stanislaus |
| Portugal B.V.M. (‘Immaculata’), Antony of Padua, Francis Borgia |
| Prato, Italy Stephen |
| Rapallo, Italy Gervase and Protase |
| Ratisbon, Germany Emmeranus, Wolfgang |
| Ravenna, Italy Apollinare |
| Reggio Calabria, Italy George |
| Reichenau, Germany Mark |
| Reims, France Remigius, Donatian |
| Rennes, France Peter the Apostle |
| Riccione, Italy Martin of Tours |
| Romania Cyril and Methodius |
| Rome, Italy Peter and Paul, Philip Neri, Catherine of Siena |
| Rouen, France B.V.M. |
| Russia Nicholas, Sergius of Radonez, Vladimir, Theresa of Lisieux |
| Saint-Cyr, France Julitta |
| Salamanca, Spain B.V.M., John of Sahagun |
| Salerno, Italy Matthew |
| Salzburg, Austria Rupert of Salzburg, Virgil of Salzburg |
| San Domingo B.V.M. (‘Of Ransom’) |
| Santiago, Spain James the Great |
| Saragossa, Spain Braulius of Saragossa, Elizabeth of Portugal |
| Sardinia Efisio of Cagliari, Maurice |
| Sarti, Italy Bartholomew, Martin of Tours, Homobonus |
| Savoy, France Maurice |
| Saumur, France Florence of Mont-Glonne |
| Scotland Andrew, Margaret of Scotland |
| Segovia, Spain Alphonsus Rodriguez |
| Serbia Sava |
| Sestri Levante, Italy Nicholas |
| Seville, Spain Isidore |
| Siena, Italy Catherine of Siena |
| Slovakia John of Nepomuk |
| Soissons, France Crispin and Crispinian |
| Spain B.V.M., James the Great |
| Srebenisa, Serbia James the Great |
| Sri Lanka B.V.M. (‘Immaculata’) |
| Strasbourg, France Arbogast of Strasbourg |
| Stuttgart, Germany Christopher |
| Sweden Bridget, Eric |
| Switzerland Nicholas of Flue |
| Taormina, Sicily Pancras of Taormina |
| Tarascon, France Martha |
| Tarbes, France Augustine of Hippo |
| Tarragona, Spain Tecla |
| Tivoli, Italy Laurence |
| Toledo, Spain Leocadia of Toledo |
| Tornhout, Belgium Peter the Apostle |
| Toulouse, France Sernin |
| Tournus, France Philibert |
| Tours, France Martin of Tours |
| Tre´guier, France Ivo of Brittany |
| Trier (Tre`ves), Germany Peter the Apostle |
| Trieste, Italy Justus of Trieste |
| Troyes, France Lupus of Troyes |
| Turin, Italy B.V.M. (‘Of Consolation’) |
| Turkey John the Evangelist, John Chrysostom |
| Umbria, Italy Francis of Assisi |
| U.S.A. B.V.M. |
| Uruguay B.V.M. |
| Utrecht, Holland Willibrord |
| Val d'Ise`re, France Bernard of Aosta |
| Valencia, Spain B.V.M. |
| Valladolid, Spain B.V.M. |
| Vannes, France Vincent Ferrer |
| Venezuela B.V.M. |
| Venice, Italy Mark |
| Vercelli, Italy Eusebius of Vercelli |
| Verona, Italy Zeno |
| Versailles, France Louis IX |
| Vicenza, Italy Vincent of Saragossa |
| Vienna, Austria Clement-Mary Hofbauer |
| Vienne, France Ado |
| Viviers, France Vincent of Saragossa |
| Wales David of Wales |
| Wangen, Germany Martin of Tours |
| Warendorf, Germany Laurence |
| Weimar, Germany Peter and Paul |
| Wervik, Belgium Medard |
| Wesel, Germany Willibrord |
| Westerlo, Belgium Lambert |
| Weisbaden, Germany Maurice |
| Wolfenbuttel, Germany Andrew |
| Worms, Germany Martin of Tours |
| Wurzburg, Germany Christopher |
| Xanten, Germany Victor (of Theban Legion) |
| Zamora, Spain Ildephonsus |
| Zeeland, Denmark Canute Lavard |
| Zug, Switzerland Oswald of Northumbria |
