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
Liège, 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
Péronne, 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
Quimper, France Corentin
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
Tréguier, France Ivo of Brittany
Trier (Trèves), 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’Isère, 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
Written by David Hugh Farmer in "The Oxford Dictionary of Saints",Oxford University Press, UK,2004. Digitized, adapted and illustrated to be posted by Leopoldo Costa.