Patrons Saints of Countries, Continents and Places Africa: Our Lady, Queen of Africa, St. Moses the Black Alsace: St. Odile The Americas: Our Lady of Guadalupe Angola: The Immaculate [Sacred Heart] of Mary Argentina: Our Lady of Lujan Armenia: St. Gregory the Illuminator, St. Bartholomew the Apostle Asia Minor: St. John the Evangelist Assisi: St. Francis of Assisi Australia: Our Lady Help of Christians Austria: Our Lady of Mariazell, St. Colman of Ireland Avignon: St. Agricola of Avignon Basutoland: Immaculate Heart of Mary Bavaria: St. Hedwig Belgium: St. Joseph Bohemia: St. John of Nepomuk, St. Wenceslaus Bolivia: Our Lady of Copacabana Borneo: St. Francis Xavier Brazil: Immaculate Conception, St. Anthony of Padua Brittany: St. Ivo of Kermartin, St. Anne Canada: St. Anne, St. Joseph Catalonia: St. George Central America: St. Rose of Lima Ceylon: St. Lawrence Chile: St. James the Greater, Apostle China: Our Lady of China, St. Francis Xavier, St. Joseph Colombia: St. Peter Claver Corsica: The Immaculate Conception, St. Devota Cuba: Our Lady of Cobre [Our Lady of Charity] Czechoslovakia: St. Wenceslaus, St. John of Nepomuk Denmark: St. Ansgar [Anscar] Dominican Republic: Our Lady of Grace East Indies: St. Thomas the Apostle Ecuador: Sacred Heart Edinburgh: St. Giles Einsedeln, Switzerland: St. Meinrad Egypt: St. George, St. Mark the Evangelist England: St. George, St. Augustine of Canterbury Europe [since 1964]: St. Benedict Finland: St. Henry of Uppsala France: Our Lady of the Assumption, St. Joan of Arc, St. Denis, St. Therese of Lisieux Genoa: St. George Germany: St. Boniface Gibraltar: [since 1979] Our Lady of Europe Greece: St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Andrew the Apostle Guatemala: Our Lady of Chiantla, St. James the Greater, Apostle Holland: St. Willibrod Honduras: Our Lady of Suyapa Hungary: St. Stephen Iceland: [since 1984] St. Thorlac India: Our Lady of the Assumption, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Rose of Lima Ireland: St. Patrick, St. Colomban, St. Brigid Israel: St. Michael Italy: St. Francis of Assisi, St. Catherine of Siena Japan: St. Francis Xavier, St. Peter Baptist Korea: The Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph [County] Kerry. Ireland: St. Brendan Lebanon: The Blessed Virgin mary, St. Maron Lesotho: The Immaculate [Sacred Heart] of Mary Linz [Upper Austria] St. Florian Lithuania: St. Casmir, St. Hyacinth Malta: St. Paul Mexico: Our Lady of Guadalupe Monaco: St. Devota Moravia: Sts. Cyril and Methodius, St. Wenceslaus Naples: St. Januarius Netherlands: St. Willibrord New Zealand: Our Lady Help of Christians Nicaragua: St. James the Greater, Apostle Nigeria: St. Patrick Norway: St. Olaf II Nuremberg: St. Sebald Paraguay: Our Lady of the Assumption Paris: St. Genevieve Peru: St. Joseph, St. Rose of Lima Philippines: Sacred Heart of Mary, St. Rose of Lima Poland: St. Casimir, St. Stanislaus Portugal: The Immaculate Conception, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Vincent Prussia: St. Dorothy of Montau Quebec: St. John the Baptist Rome: St. Philip Neri Russia: St. Andrew the Apostle, St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Vladimir Scandinavia: St. Anscar Scotland: St. Andrew the Apostle Seville: St. Ferdinand III of Castile, Sts. Rufina and Justa Sicily: St. Michael Siena: St. Catherine of Siena Silesia: St. Hedwig Slovakia: Our Lady of Sorrows South Africa: Our Lady of the Assumption South America: St. Rose of Lima Spain: St. James the Apostle Sri Lanka: St. Lawrence the Martyr Sweden: St. Bridget Switzerland: St. Nicholas of Myra Syria: St. George Tanzania: The Immaculate Conception Taranto: St. Catald Turkey: St. Nicholas of Myra [Bari] Ukraine: St. Josaphat, Martyr United States: Immaculate Conception Uruguay: Our Lady of Lujan [Immaculate Conception] Venice: St. Mark the Evangelist, St. George Wales: St. David West Indies: St. Gertrude VIEW THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Contact Us HOME--------------SAINTS www.catholictradition.org/Saints/patrons1.htm