Patron saint

In several forms of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. St. Florian is the patron saint of firefighters, and St. Christopher is the patron saint of travellers, for example. Eastern Orthodoxy generally doesn't associate saints with occupations and activities, or does so to a much lesser degree.

Saints associated with countries, nations and/or regions

• Adalbert of Magdeburg - Czech Republic
• Adalbert of Prague - Bohemia, Poland, Prussia
• Aeden of Ferns - Ferns, Ireland
• Afra - Augsburg
• Agatha - Catania; Palermo, Italy; Zamarramala, Spain
• Agathoclia - Aragon, Spain
• Agnellus - Naples, Italy
• Agricola of Avignon - Avignon
• Alexander of Bergamo - Bergamo, Italy
• Amalberga - Ghent, Belgium
• Ambrose of Milan - Milan, Italy
• Andrew the Apostle - Achaia; Amalfi, Italy, Greece; Patras, Greece, Russia, Scotland
• Andrew Kim - Clergy of Korea
• Anne - Brittany, Canada, Quebec, Mi'kmaq Nation, Santa Ana Indian Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico
• Ansanus the Baptizer - Siena, Italy
• Ansgar (or Anskar) - Denmark, Norway, Scandinavia, Sweden, Germany
• Anthony of Padua - Brazil, Native Americans, Portugal
• Antoninus of Sorrento - Sorrento, Italy
• Antony of Vilna - Vilna, Lithuania
• Arnulph - Gap
• Arthelais - Benevento, Italy
• Astricus - Hungary
• Arsenius of Corfu - Kerkira Island, Greece
• Asicus - archdiocese of Elphia
• Augustine of Canterbury - England
• Augustine of Hippo - dioceses of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Saint Augustine, Florida; Superior, Wisconsin; Tucson, Arizona. Cities of Cagayan de Oro and Saint Augustine, Florida.
• Gerald Aurillac - Upper Avergne
• Andrew Avellino - Naples, Italy, Sicily
• Josephine Bakhita - Sudan
• Peter Baptist - Japan
• Barbara - Syria
• Barnabas - Antioch, Cyprus
• Barbatus of Benevento - Benevento, Italy
• Bartholomew the Apostle - Armenia
• Basil the Great - Russia
• Bavo - Ghent, Belgium; Haarlem, Netherlands
• Pascal Baylon - Obando, Bulacan, Philippines
• Thomas Beckett - Portsmouth, England
• Benedict - Europe
• Benedict the Black - African-Americans, Palermo, Italy
• Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Europe
• Benezet - Avignon
• Benignus of Dijon - Dijon
• Berach - Kilbarry, Ireland
• Bernard of Clairvaux - Gibraltar
• Bernadine Realino - Lecce, Italy
• Bernard of Valdeiglesias - Candelada
• Bernadette of Lourdes - Lourdes, France
• Bernardino of Siena - Italy
• Louis Bertran - Colombia
• Blaise - Dalmatia, Dubrovnik
• Boniface - Germany
• Boris - Moscow, Russia
• Francis Borgia - Portugal
• Botulph - Boston
• Braulio - Aragon, Spain
• Brigid of Ireland - Ireland
• Brigit of Sweden - Europe, Sweden
• Brothen - Llanbrothen, Wales
• Bruno - Ruthenia
• Bruno of Querfurt - Prussia
• Canadian Martyrs - Canada
• Peter Canisius - Germany
• Canute - Denmark
• Carl Lwanga - Catholic African Youth Association
• Casimir of Poland - Lithuania, Poland
• Catald - Taranto
• Catherine of Siena - Europe, Italy; Siena, Italy
• Cecilia - Albi, France
• Peter Chanel - Oceania
• Christopher - Rab, Croatia
• John Chrysostom - Istanbul, Turkey
• Clara - Obando, Bulacan, Philippines
• Clare of Assisi - Santa Clara Indian Pueblo
• Peter Claver - Colombia, African-Americans
• Clement of Ohrid - Bulgaria; Republic of Macedonia
• Colman of Cloyne - Cloyne, Ireland
• Colman of Stockerau - Austria
• Columba - Ireland, Scotland
• Constabilis - Castelabbate, Italy
• Cunegundes - Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland
• Cuthbert - Durham, England, Northumbria, diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
• Cyprian of Carthage - Algeria, North Africa
• Judas Cyriacus - Ancona, Italy
• Cyril - Bohemia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Europe, Moravia, Yugoslavia
• Cyril of Alexandria - Alexandria, Egypt
• Saint Daniel Comboni - Moonshine Republic
• David of Wales - Wales
• Denis - France, Paris, France
• Devota - Corsica, Monaco
• Dionysius the Arepagite - Zakynthos Island, Greece
• Dominic de Guzman - Dominican Republic
• Donat - Llandunwyd, Glamorgan
• Donatus - Ripacandida
• Dorothy of Montau - Prussia
• Drogo - Baume-les-Messieurs, Fleury-sur-Loire
• Ellidius - Hirnant, Powys, Wales
• Eric of Sweden - Sweden
• Eulalia - Barcelona
• Eurosius - the diocese of Jaca
• Eustace of Vilna - Vilna, Lithuania
• Eustachius - Madrid, Spain
• Fachanan - Ross, Ireland
• Ferdinand III of Castile - Seville, Spain
• 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
• Frideswide - Oxford, England
• Frumentius - Ethiopia
• Gabriel the Archangel - Portugal
• Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows - Abruzzi
• Gall - Sweden, Switzerland
• Gatianus of Tours - Tours
• Gaudentius of Ossero - Losinj, Croatia
• Genevieve - Paris, France
• St. George - Aragon; Catalonia; England; Ferrara, Italy; Russia; Canada; Georgia; Genoa, Italy; Germany; Gozo; Greece; Lithuania; Malta; Palestine; Portugal; Istanbul, Turkey; Moscow
• Gerard of Lunel - Montesanto, Italy
• Gertrude the Great - West Indies
• Giles - Edinburgh, Scotland
• Gratus of Aosta - Aosta, Italy
• Gregory the Great - England, West Indies
• Gregory the Illuminator - Armenia
• Gudule - Brussels, Belgium
• Hallvard - Oslo, Norway
• Hedwig (Jadwiga) - Bavaria
• Helier - Jersey, Saint Helier
• Henry of Uppsala - Finland
• St. Hyacinth - Poland
• Ivo of Kermartin - Brittany
• James the Greater - Chile, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Spain
• James the Lesser - Uruguay
• James of the Marches - Naples, Italy
• Januarius - Naples, Italy
• Jean de Brébeuf - Canada
• John IV of Naples - Naples, Italy
• John the Apostle - Asia Minor; Taos, New Mexico
• Joan of Arc - France, New Orleans
• John of Avila - Andalusia, Spain
• John the Baptist - Florence, Italy, Canada, Genoa, Italy, Quebec, Turin, Italy, Newfoundland
• John de Brito - Portugal
• John of Dukla - Lithuania
• John of Kanty - Lithuania, Poland
• John of Nepomuk - Bohemia, Czech Republic
• John of Vilna - Vilna, Lithuania
• Ignatius of Antioch - the Church of North Africa
• Jarlath - the archdiocese of Tuam, Ireland
• Isaac Jogues and companions - The Americas, Canada
• Isidore the Farmer - Madrid, Spain
• Josaphat - Ukraine
• Joseph the Betrothed - The Americas, Austria, Belgium, Bohemia, Canada, China, Croatia, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Universal Church, Vietnam
• Julia of Corsica - Corsica
• Justa - Seville, Spain
• Justus - Alcala, Spain; Madrid, Spain
• Panagia Kastriani - Skiathos Island, Greece; Tzia Island, Greece
• Kentigern - Glasgow, Scotland
• Kessog - Lennox, Scotland
• Kevin - the archdiocese of Kevin and all of Ireland
• Killian - Bavaria
• Knud - Denmark
• Koloman - Austria
• Jutta Kulmsee - Prussia
• St. Lawrence - Rome, Italy, Sri Lanka
• Leonard of Port Maurice - Imperia, Italy
• Leopold the Good - Austria
• Louis IX - the archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri
• Lucy of Syracuse - Syracuse
• St. Ludmila - Bohemia, Czech Republic
• Macarius of Antioch - Ghent, Belgium
• Maquimus of Aquila - Aquila, Italy
• Margaret of Scotland - Scotland
• Marinus - San Marino
• Mark the Evangelist - Venice, Egypt
• Maro - Volperino, Italy
• Martin de Porras - Peru, African-Americans
• Martin of Tours - France
• Martina - Rome, Italy
• Maruthas - Iran, Persia
• Mary Anne de Peredes - The Americas
• Maximinus of Trier - Trier, Germany
• Maximus of Turin - Turin, Italy
• Maughold - Isle of Man
• Maurice - Austria
• Meritxell - Andorra
• Methodius - Bohemia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Europe, Moravia, Yugoslavia
• Michael - Germany
• Michael (archangel) - Caltanissett, Sicily; Cornwall; Brussels, Belgium; Papua New Guinea; Archdiocese of Seattle
• Mochelloc - Kilmallock, County Limerick, Ireland
• Modestus - Cartagena, Spain
• Moses the Black - Africa
• Munchin - diocese of Limerick; Limerick (city)
• Mura - Fahan, Ireland
• Philip Neri - Rome, Italy
• Nicetas - Romania
• Nicholas - Bari, Italy
• Nicholas of Flue - Switzerland
• Nicholas of Myra - Greece, Lorraine, Portsmouth, England, Russia, Sicily
• Saint Nikolaj Velimirovic - Serbia
• Elias Nieves - Mexico
• El Niño - Cebu, Philippines
• Nino - Georgia
• Norbert - Bohemia
• Lawrence O'Toole - archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
• Octavius - Turin, Italy
• Odile - Alsace
• Olaf II - Norway
• Palladius - Scotland
• St. Pastor - Alcala, Spain; Madrid, Spain
• Patricia of Naples - Naples, Italy
• St. Patrick - Ireland, Nigeria
• Paul the Apostle - Malta, Poznan, Poland, Rome, Italy, São Paulo, Brazil
• Peter the Apostle - Poznan, Poland; Rome, Italy
• Peter of Alcantara - Brazil, Estremadura, Spain
• St. Petroc - Piran
• Pharaildis - Ghent, Belgium
• Philip the Apostle - Luxembourg, Uruguay
• St. Piran - Cornwall
• Plechelm - Netherlands
• Procopius - Czech Republic
• St. Publius - Malta
• Quirinus - Sisak, Croatia
• Raynald of Nocera - Nocera, Italy
• Remigius - France
• Edmund Rich of Abingdon - Abingdon, England
• Riginos - Skopelos Island, Greece
• Roch - Istanbul, Turkey
• Rosalia - Sicily, Palermo, Italy
• Rose of Lima - The Americas, Central America, India, Latin America, Peru, Philippines, South America, West Indies; Villareal, Samar, Philippines
• Rupert of Salzburg - Salzburg, Austria
• Sabinus - Bari, Italy
• Gerard Sagredo - Hungary
• Mary Salome - Veroli, Italy
• Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena - Siena, Italy
• Saturnin - Toulouse
• Alexader Sauli - Corsica
• St. Sava - Patron saint of Serbia
• Sebald - Bavaria
• Sebaldus - Nuremberg, Germany
• Sebastian - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Severinus of Noricum - Austria
• Sigfrid - Sweden
• Sigismund - Czech Republic
• Silverio - Ponza, Italy
• St. Siro - Pavia, Italy
• Francis Solano - Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru
• Solutor - Turin, Italy
• Spyridon - Kerkira Island, Greece
• Stanislaus of Cracow - Poland, archdiocese of Cracow, Poland
• Stephen - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
• Stephen of Hungary - Hungary
• Syrus of Genoa - Genoa, Italy
• Syrus of Pavia - Pavia, Italy
• Swithbert - Germany
• Theneva - Glasgow, Scotland
• Theodore of Pavia - Pavia, Italy
• Teresa of Avila - Spain
• Thérèse de Lisieux - France, Russia
• Thomas the Apostle - East Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• Thorlac Thorhallsson - Iceland
• St. Titus - Crete
• Turibius of Mogroveio - Peru
• Ulric - Augsburg
• Urban of Langres - Dijon
• Laura Vicuna - Argentina
• Vincent de Paul - Madagascar
• Vincent of Saragossa - Portugal
• Virgilius - Salzburg, Austria
• Vitus - Czech Republic, Rijeka,Croatia
• Vladimir I of Kiev - Russia
• Walburga - Antwerp, Belgium; Groningen, Netherlands; Oudenarde, Belgium; Zutphen, Netherlands
• Waltrude - Hainault, Belgium; Mons, Belgium
• St. Wenceslas - Bohemia, Czech Republic, Moravia
• Werburgh - Chester, England
• Willibrord - Luxembourg, Netherlands
• Willihad - Saxony
• Wulfram of Sens - Abbeville, France
• Francis Xavier - Australia, Borneo, China, East Indies, Goa, Japan, New Zealand
• Yves - Bretagne
• Zenobius - Florence, Italy