National Emblem - Patron Saints

Patron Saints

  • Argentina – Virgin of Luján
  • Armenia - Saint Gregory the Illuminator
  • Australia - Our Lady Help of Christians (Unofficial)
  • Austria – Saint Leopold
  • Brazil – Our Lady of Aparecida
  • Bulgaria – Saint John of Rila
  • Canada – Jean de Brébeuf and the seven other Canadian Martyrs
  • Canada (French) – John the Baptist, Saint Anne, and any that are listed in Canadian Saints, including Jean de Brébeuf and the seven other Roman Catholic saints of Canada. On the secular side, Canadians jocularly claim jolly fat Santa Claus due to the location of his North Pole home. Note: Canadians concede the more serious claim of Greek bishop Saint Nicholas to Myra (now in Turkey).
  • Chile – Virgin of Carmen
  • Colombia – Sacred Heart
  • Cornwall - St Piran, St Petroc and St Michael
  • Croatia – Saint Joseph
  • Cuba – Our Lady of Charity
  • Cyprus – Mary, Lazarus, Barnabas and Paul
  • Czech Republic – Saint Vojtěch (Adalbert), Saint Wenceslas
  • Denmark – Saint Knud
  • England – Saint George
  • Estonia – Mary
  • Ethiopia – Saint George
  • Europe- Saint Benedict, Saints Cyril and Methodius
  • Finland – Saint Henry
  • France – Saint Louis IX, Saint Martin of Tours, Joan of Arc
  • Georgia – Saint George, Saint Nina
  • Germany – Saint Michael (Patron of the German People), Saint Boniface (Apostle of the Germans)
  • Greece – Mary, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint Nicholas
  • Honduras – Our Lady of Suyapa
  • Hungary – Mary, Saint Steven of Hungary
  • Iceland – Saint Þorlac
  • Iran – Saints Abdon and Sennen
  • Ireland – Saint Patrick, Saint Brigid of Kildare, Saint Colmcille
  • Italy – Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Catherine of Siena
  • Japan – Francis Xavier, Paul Miki
  • Korea – Mary, Andrew Kim Taegon
  • Lebanon – Our Lady of Lebanon
  • Lithuania - Saint Casimir
  • Macedonia – Saint Clement of Ohrid
  • Malta – Saint Paul of Tarsus, Saint Publius, Saint George Preca
  • Mexico – Our Lady of Guadalupe
  • Montenegro – Saint George
  • Netherlands – Willibrord
  • Nigeria – Saint Patrick, the Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi
  • Norway – Saint Olav
  • Paraguay – Saint Blaise
  • Peru – Lord of Miracles, Saint Rose of Lima, Saint Martin of Porres
  • Philippines – Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, Saint Pedro Calungsod
  • Poland – Our Lady of Czestochowa, Saint Wojciech (Adalbert)
  • Portugal – Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Saint George and Our Lady of Fátima
  • Prussia – Saint Wojciech (Adalbert)
  • Romania – Saint Andrew, Saint John of Vlakh
  • Russia – Mary, Saint Nicholas, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint Alexander Nevsky, Saint Sergius of Radonezh, Saint Seraphim of Sarov
  • Scotland – Saint Andrew
  • Serbia – Saint Sava, Saint George
  • Slovakia – Mary
  • Spain – Saint James the Great
  • Sweden – Saint Eric, Saint Birgitta
  • United States of America – Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
  • Venezuela – Our Lady of Coromoto
  • Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh
  • Wales – Saint David

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