Patron saints of places
This is a list of patron saints of placesPatronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary ".
Continents
Patron saints by regions Patron saints of Europe
Geographical regions
Countries
St. Henry the bishop This list only includes sovereign states. Subdivisions, such as the constituent countries of the United Kingdom , are listed below under "Administrative subdivisions".
Administrative subdivisions
Note: Patron saints are likely to be related to fixed traditional regions, and not to the changing boundaries of administrative subdivisions.
Country
Subdivision
Patron saint
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Martin of Tours
Buenos Aires Province
Our Lady of the Rosary Gervasius and Protasius Mary Help of Christians Rita of Cascia Isidore the Laborer Virgin of Mercy Pope Pontian Black Virgin of Oropa Mary Magdalene Joseph Our Lady of Lourdes Gabriel Our Lady of the Pillar Peter
Córdoba
Jerome
Corrientes
Our Lady of Itatí
Misiones
Joseph
San Luis
Louis IX of France
Santa Fe
Lawrence , Virgin of Mercy , Saint George , Saint Roch , John the Baptist , Our Lady of Itatí, Sacred Heart , Our Lady of the Rosary, Jerome
Tucumán
Isidore the Laborer
Santa Cruz
Mary (as Virgin of the Valley), Our Lady of the Rosary, Mary Help of Christians
Chubut
Our Lady of Guadalupe
La Rioja
Nicholas of Bari
Austria
Upper Austria Florian
Styria Joseph
Carinthia Joseph
Belgium
Hainaut Waltrude [ 80]
Flanders
Lutgardis , Amandus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republic of Srpska Stephen
Brazil
Acre Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception )
Alagoas Mary (as Our Lady of Joy)
Amapá Joseph
Amazonas Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception )
Bahia Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception )
Ceará Joseph
Distrito Federal John Bosco
Espírito Santo Holy Spirit
Goiás Mary ( as Our Lady of Abadia)
Maranhão Saint Joseph (as Saint Joseph of Ribamar)
Mato Grosso Jesus Christ (as Our Lord, the Good Jesus)
Mato Grosso do Sul Mary, as Our Lady of the Abbey
Minas Gerais Mary (as Our Lady of Piety )
Pará Mary (as Our Lady of Nazareth )
Paraíba Mary (as Our Lady of Snows )
Paraná Mary (as Our Lady of Rocio)
Pernambuco Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel )
Piauí Mary (as Our Lady of Victory )
Rio de Janeiro Sebastian
Rio Grande do Norte Saint Martyrs of Cunhaú and Uruaçu
Rio Grande do Sul Peter
Rondônia Mary (as Our Lady of Nazareth )
Roraima Mary (as Our Lady of Mount Carmel )
Santa Catarina Catherine of Alexandria
São Paulo Paul
Sergipe Mary (as Our Lady of Immaculate Conception )
Tocantins Mary (as Our Lady of Nativity )
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador John the Baptist
Nova Scotia Ninian
Quebec Anne John the Baptist
Croatia
Dalmatia Blaise
Czech Republic
Bohemia Wenceslaus , Ludmila , Vitus , Adalbert of Prague , Agnes of Bohemia ,
Procopius , Sigismund of Burgundy , Norbert of Xanten , Joseph ,[ 12] John of Nepomuk
Moravia Cyril and Methodius ,[ 12] Wenceslaus , Jan Sarkander
France
Alsace Odile of Alsace
Auvergne Gerald Aurillac
Brittany Dedicated :Anna , Ivo of Kermartin Seven Founders :Corentin of Cornwall Tudwal of Landreger Pol-Aorelian of Leon ,Padarn of Gwened Samson of Dol Brioc Malo .
Corsica Julia of Corsica , Devota , Alexander Sauli
Île-de-France (Paris)Denis , Genevieve
Lorraine Saint Nicholas , Joan of Arc
Germany
Bavaria St. Mary Patroness of Bavaria (feast on 1 May)Rupert and St. Emmeram (Bavaria proper)St. Kilian and St. Sebaldus (Franconia)St. Hedwig of Andechs
Saxony Willehad of Bremen
Greece
Aegina Saint Nectarios
Cephalonia Saint Gerasimos
Chios Saint Markella
Crete Saint Titus
Corfu Saint Spyridon , Saint Arsenius of Corfu
Euboea Saint Paraskevi
Laconia Saint Nikon the Metanoeite
Patmos Saint John the Theologian
Rhodes Saint Phanourios
Skyros Saint George
Tinos Saint Pelagia , Mary (as Our Lady of Tinos )
Zakynthos Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos
Indonesia
Borneo Francis Xavier [ 23]
Italy
Cremona Homobonus
Lombardy Charles Borromeo [ 23]
Piedmont Saint Maurice [ 23]
Sicily Andrew Avellino , Nicholas of Myra , Rosalia
Kenya Nyeri Irene Stefani
Lebanon
North Lebanon Awtel
South Lebanon Christina of Bolsena
Malaysia Penang Anne
Malacca Francis Xavier
Sabah Labuan Joseph
Sarawak Joseph
Mexico
Chihuahua Our Lady of La Soledad de Parral
Veracruz Rafael Guizar y Valencia
Philippines
Albay Mary (Our Lady of Salvation )
Batangas Saint Joseph , Our Lady of Caysasay
Bicol (region)Mary (as Our Lady of Peñafrancia )
Cagayan Mary (Our Lady of Piat )
Laguna James the Apostle
Pampanga Mary (as Virgen de los Remedios )
Quezon Isidore the Laborer
Rizal Mary (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage ), Clement of Rome
Western Visayas (region)Mary (as Our Lady of Candelaria )
Portugal
Lisbon Saint Vincent , Saint Anthony , Mary (as Saint Mary Major )
Oporto Mary (as Nossa Senhora de Vandoma, Our Lady of Assumption ), Saint John
Coimbra Saint Augustine , Saint Elizabeth , Thomas of Villanova
Braga Saint Martin of Braga , Saint Gerald , Mary (as Our Lady of Assumption ), Saint John
Russia
Kaliningrad Oblast Adalbert of Prague
Serbia
Vojvodina Cyril and Methodius
Spain
Andalusia John of Avila , Virgin of Hope of Macarena
Aragon Our Lady of the Pillar , Agathoclia , Braulio , George
Asturias Our Lady of Covadonga
Castile Emilian of Cogolla
Canary Islands Our Lady of Candelaria , Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
Cantabria Our Lady of Aparecida ,
Catalonia George , Virgin of Montserrat
Ceuta Our Lady of Africa
Euskadi Saint Ignatius of Loyola , Saint Prudence
Extremadura Our Lady of Guadalupe , John the Baptist
Galicia James the Greater [ 12]
La Rioja Our Lady of Valvanera
Leonese Country Marcellus of Tangier
Madrid Isidore the Laborer , Virgin of Almudena
Navarre Fermin , Francis Xavier , Saturnin , Santa María the Royal of Pamplona, Raymond of Penyafort
Valencia Vincent Ferrer , Our Lady of the Forsaken
United Kingdom England George ,[ 12] [ 23] Gregory the Great Augustine of Canterbury Edmund the Martyr Edward the Confessor Michael the Archangel [ 44] Our Lady of Walsingham
Berkshire Birinus [citation needed
Cornwall Piran , Michael the Archangel , Petroc [citation needed
Devon Boniface
East Anglia Edmund the Martyr ; Suffolk
Essex Cedd
The English Fens Guthlac [citation needed
Herefordshire Dubricius [citation needed
Kent Augustine of Canterbury
London Saint Paul
Mercia Chad of Mercia , Bertelin ,[ 81] Alban
Northumbria Cuthbert of Lindisfarne , Oswald
Sussex Richard of Chichester , Wilfrid
Wessex Aldhelm , Swithun
West Riding of Yorkshire Wilfrid
Wiltshire Osmund
Northern Ireland Saint Patrick (also see Ireland (above))
Scotland Andrew the Apostle ,[ 64] [ 23] Margaret of Scotland , Columba ,[ 12] [ 52] Palladius
Barra Finbarr
Eigg Donnán
Galloway Ninian
Lennox Kessog
Orkney Magnus
Wales David of Wales [ 69] [ 23]
Gibraltar (territory)Bernard of Clairvaux ,[ 82] Our Lady of Europe )
Guernsey †Samson of Dol [ 83]
Isle of Man †Maughold [ 84]
Jersey †Helier [ 85]
United States
Alabama Our Lady of the Gulf[ 86] [ 87]
Alaska St. Herman of Alaska , St. Thérèse of Lisieux , Our Lady of the Kodiak and the Islands[ 86] [ 87]
Arizona Our Lady of the Highways[ 86] [ 87]
Arkansas Our Lady of the Holy Souls[ 86] [ 87]
California St. Junipero Serra , Our Lady of the Refuge, Our Lady of the Wayside[ 86] [ 87]
Colorado St. Francis of Assisi , Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception [ 86] [ 87]
Connecticut Notre Dame of Easton[ 86] [ 87]
Delaware Our Lady of Mercy[ 86] [ 87]
Florida Our Lady of La Leche [ 86] [ 87]
Georgia Immaculate Heart of Mary [ 86] [ 87]
Hawaii Father Damien , St. Marianne Cope , Our Lady, Star of the Sea , Our Lady Queen of Peace [ 86] [ 87]
Idaho Our Lady of Limerick[ 86] [ 87]
Illinois Our Lady of the Universe[ 86] [ 87]
Indiana St. Théodore Guérin , Our Lady of Providence [ 86] [ 87]
Iowa Mary of Nazareth [ 86] [ 87]
Kansas Mary Queen of Angels [ 86] [ 87]
Kentucky Mary Mother of God [ 86] [ 87]
Louisiana Our Lady of Prompt Succor [ 86] [ 87]
Maine Our Lady of Peace [ 86] [ 87]
Maryland St. Elizabeth Ann Seton , Our Lady of the Assumption [ 86] [ 87]
Massachusetts St. Patrick , Our Lady of the Incarnation[ 86] [ 87]
Michigan Our Lady Gate of Heaven[ 86] [ 87]
Minnesota Our Lady Mother of the Church [ 86] [ 87]
Mississippi Our Lady of Sorrows [ 86] [ 87]
Missouri Our Lady of Calvary [ 86] [ 87]
Montana Our Lady of the Pines[ 86] [ 87]
Nebraska Our Lady of the Presentation[ 86] [ 87]
Nevada Our Lady of Las Vegas[ 86] [ 87]
New Hampshire Our Lady of Perpetual Help [ 86] [ 87]
New Jersey Our Lady of Fatima [ 86] [ 87]
New Mexico Our Lady of Guadalupe [ 86] [ 87]
New York St. Nicholas , Our Lady Help of Christians [ 86] [ 87]
North Carolina Our Lady of the Holy Rosary [ 86] [ 87]
North Dakota Mary Queen of Peace[ 86] [ 87]
Ohio Our Lady of Consolation [ 86] [ 87]
Oklahoma Our Lady, Queen of all Saints[ 86] [ 87]
Oregon Our Lady of the Woods[ 86] [ 87]
Pennsylvania Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal [ 86] [ 87]
Puerto Rico Our Lady of Providence [ 88]
Rhode Island Our Lady of Mount Carmel [ 86] [ 87]
South Carolina Mary the Virgin Mother [ 86] [ 87]
South Dakota Our Lady of the Prairie[ 86] [ 87]
Tennessee Our Lady of Lourdes [ 86] [ 87]
Texas Our Lady of the Annunciation [ 86] [ 87]
Utah Our Lady of the Snows[ 86] [ 87]
Vermont Our Lady of Grace [ 86] [ 87]
Virginia Our Lady Queen of the Apostles[ 86] [ 87]
Washington Our Lady of Good Help[ 86] [ 87]
West Virginia Our Lady of Victory[ 86] [ 87]
Wisconsin Our Lady of the Americas[ 86] [ 87]
Wyoming Our Lady of the Valley[ 86] [ 87]
Cities and towns
Catherine of Siena writing
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
France
Germany
Aachen – Mary , Matthias Augsburg – Afra , Ulric Berlin – Saint Peter , Otto of Bamberg , Hedwig of Silesia Bonn – Cassius of Narni , Adelaide Bremen – Oscar Brunswick – Andrew , Auctor [de ] , Blaise , Christopher Cologne – Cunibert , Ursula Dresden – Benno Düsseldorf – Apollinaris of Ravenna Dormagen – Michael Hamburg – Oscar Hanover – Matthias Frankfurt am Main – Helen Freiburg im Breisgau – George Freising – Francis XavierKoblenz – Mary Konstanz – Pelagius of Constance Lübeck – Nicholas Mainz – Alban of Mainz , Boniface Munich – Benno Münster – Ludger of Utrecht Nuremberg – Sebaldus Regensburg – Wolfgang , Emmeram Stuttgart – Christopher Trier – Maximinus , Peter Würzburg – Burchard of Würzburg Zeitz – Michael
Greece
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Ireland
Italy
Abruzzi – Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Amalfi – Andrew the Apostle [ 64] Ancona – Judas Cyriacus Aosta – Gratus of Aosta Aquila – Maximus of Aquila Assisi – Francis of Assisi Bari – Nicholas , Sabinus Benevento – Arthelais , Barbatus of Benevento , Bartholomew Bergamo – Alexander of Bergamo Bologna – Saint Petronius Brescia – Faustinus and Jovita Brindisi – Lawrence of Brindisi Caltanissetta – Michael Capriate San Gervasio – Alexander of Bergamo [ 94] Castellabate – Constabilis Castelplanio – Joseph Catania – Agatha ,[ 95] Aloysius Gonzaga [ 96] Cervignano d'Adda – Alexander of Bergamo [ 94] Colliano – Pope Leo X Como – Abundius Corato – Saint Catald Craco – Vincenzo Martyr Cuneo – Michael Fabriano – Adrian of Nicomedia [ 97] Ferrara – George Florence – John the Baptist , Joseph , Zenobius Fonte Nuova – Joseph Genoa – George , John the Baptist , Syrus of Genoa Grosseto – Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia[ 97] Imperia – Leonard of Port Maurice La Spezia – Joseph Ladispoli – Joseph Lecce – Bernardino Realino Lecco – Nicholas Macchia Valfortore – Nicholas Matelica – Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia[ 97] Messina – Aloysius Gonzaga[ 96] Milan – Ambrose Modica, Sicily – George Muro Lucano – Saint Gerard Majella Naples – Agnellus , Aloysius Gonzaga,[ 96] Alphonsus Maria de Liguori ,[ 96] Andrew Avellino , James of the Marches , Januarius , John IV, Bishop of Naples , Patricia of Naples Nocera Inferiore – Prisque of Nocera [it ] Nocera Umbra – Raynald of Nocera Orvieto – Joseph Otranto – Antonio Primaldo and his Companion Martyrs Pagani, Campania – Our Lady of the Hens , Alphonsus Liguori Palermo – Agatha of Sicily , Benedict the Black , Rosalia Pavia, Italy – Syrus of Pavia (Siro), Theodore of Pavia Padua – Anthony of Padua Pescia – Abdon and Sennen [ 98] Pisa – Rainerius Ponza – Silverius Querceta, Seravezza – Joseph Randazzo – Joseph Reggio Calabria – George Reggio Emilia – Prosper of Reggio Ripacandida – Donatus Rome – Lawrence , Martina of Rome , Philip Neri , Paul , Peter , Sebastian, Ignatius of LoyolaSant'Agata de' Goti – Alphonsus Maria de Liguori[ 96] Salerno – Matthew the Apostle [ 99] Siena – Ansanus the Baptizer , Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena Sorrento – Antoninus of Sorrento Spadafora – Joseph Syracuse – Lucy of Syracuse Taranto – Catald Trapani – Albert of Trapani [ 100] Trieste – Justus of Trieste Turin – John the Baptist , Joseph , Maximus of Turin , Octavius , Solutor Urbino – Crescentinus Venice – Mark the Evangelist [ 75] George , Theodore of Amasea Veroli – Mary Salome Verona – Zeno of Verona Volperino, Foligno – Maro
Kenya
Lebanon
Lithuania
Madagascar
Malta
Mexico
Montenegro
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City , Philippines Abuyog – Francis XavierAlegria – Francis XavierAntipolo – Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage , St. Thérèse of Lisieux Arayat – St. Catherine of Alexandria Bagac – St. Catherine of Alexandria Bacolod – Saint Sebastian Baguio – Our Lady of Atonement Bantay , Ilocos Sur – Saint Augustine , Our Lady of Charity Borbon, Cebu – Saint Sebastian Bulacan – Saint Paschal Baylon, Saint Claire Of Assisi, Our Lady Of Salambao, Our Lady Of Queen And Patroness Of PaombongCabatuan, Iloilo – Nicholas of Tolentino Cabuyao – Polycarp , Joseph The Worker Cagayan de Oro – Augustine of Hippo Calatagan – Dominic of Silos Calamba, Laguna – John The Baptist Caloocan – Roch Capas – Nicholas of Tolentino [ 101] Carcar – St. Catherine of Alexandria Catbalogan – Philip Neri Cavite City – Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga , Roch Cebu – Our Lady of Guadalupe , Pedro Calungsod Davao City – Peter The Apostle Dumaguete – St. Catherine of Alexandria Gerona – St. Catherine of Alexandria Iloilo City – Our Lady of the Candles Las Piñas – Joseph Leon – St. Catherine of Alexandria Lian, Batangas – John the Baptist Lumban – Sebastian Makati – Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles , Our Lady of Guadalupe Malabon – Saint Bartholomew , Immaculate Conception Mandaluyong – Philip Neri , Dominic Savio Manila – The Immaculate Conception , Lorenzo Ruiz , Virgin of Montserrat Marikina – Our Lady of the Abandoned Muntinlupa – Our Lady of the Abandoned Noveleta – Holy Cross , Helena of Constantinople , Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Naga City – Our Lady of Peñafrancia Nasugbu – Francis Xavier Obando, Bulacan – Our Lady of Salambao , Pascal Baylon , Claire of Assisi Pagbilao – St. Catherine of Alexandria Parañaque – Andrew The Apostle , Our Lady of Good Event , Mary Help Of Christians Pasay – Claire of Assisi , Thérèse of LisieuxPasig – Immaculate Conception Pateros – Martha , Roch Porac – St. Catherine of Alexandria Pulilan – Isidore the Laborer [ 102] Quezon City – Our Lady of La Naval de Manila Santa – St. Catherine of Alexandria Santa Catalina – St. Catherine of Alexandria Santa Catalina – St. Catherine of Alexandria San Juan – John the Baptist San Marcelino, Zambales – Isidore the Laborer Santa Teresita, Batangas – Thérèse of LisieuxSulat, Eastern Samar – Ignatius of LoyolaSurigao City – Nicholas of Tolentino Tanza, Cavite – Holy Cross , Augustine of Hippo Taal, Batangas – Martin of Tours Tagaytay, Cavite – Our Lady of Lourdes Taguig – Anne Tagum – Christ the King Tandag – Nicholas of Tolentino Tarlac City – Sebastian [ 103] Taytay – St. John the Baptist (Tata Anto) Tayum – St. Catherine of Alexandria
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Alcalá de Henares – Justus , Pastor Andalusia – Saint Luke Barakaldo – Our Lady of Mount Carmel , Vincent of Saragossa Barcelona – Eulalia , Raymond of Penyafort Calahorra – Emeterius and Celedonius Candeleda – Bernard of Valdeiglesias Cartagena – Modestus Cordoba – Acisclus [ 109] Extremadura – Peter of Alcantara Granada, Spain – Caecilius of Elvira Jaén – Saint Luke Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) – AnneMadrid – Eustace , Isidore the Laborer , Justus , PastorMallorca – Alphonsus Rodriguez -[ 110] Sahagun – Abdon[ 98] San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canary Islands) – ChristopherSanta Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands) – James the Greater Santander – Emeterius and Celedonius Santiago de Compostela – James the Greater Segovia – St. John of the Cross Sestao – PeterSeville , Spain – Ferdinand III of Castile , Justa Tarragona – Santa Tecla Gloriosa, mare dels tarragonins , Saint Maginus Toledo – Leocadia Valencia – Vincent Martyr Zamarramala – Agatha of Sicily Zaragoza – La Pilarica , Saint Valerius
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Syria
Tanzania
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Aberdeen – Machar , Nicholas , Our Lady of Aberdeen Abingdon-on-Thames – Edmund of Abingdon , Helen Bampton, Oxfordshire – Beornwald Bodmin – Petroc Boston – Botulph Bristol – Jordan of Bristol Buckingham – Rumwold Caerleon – Cadog Canterbury – Augustine of Canterbury , Thomas Becket Cardiff – Teilo , Piran Chester – Werburgh Chichester – Richard of Chichester Colchester – Helen of Constantinople Crowland – Guthlac Derby – Alcmund of Derby Dorchester-on-Thames – Birinus Droitwich – Richard of Chichester Dumfries – Michael Dundee – Mary Durham – Cuthbert of Lindisfarne Edinburgh – Giles Ely – Etheldreda Exeter – Sidwell Glasgow – Kentigern , Theneva (St Enoch)Greenwich – Alfege Hereford – Thomas Cantilupe Holywell – Winifred Jarrow – Bede [ 111] Leicester – Martin of Tours [ 112] Lichfield – Chad of Mercia Lincoln – Mary , Hugh of Lincoln Linlithgow – Michael Liverpool – Nicholas Llandeilo Fawr – TeiloLlantwit Major – Illtud London – Erkenwald , George , Mellitus , Michael , Paul the Apostle Malmesbury – Aldhelm Northampton – Crispin Newport – Gwynllyw the Bearded Oxford – Frideswide Padstow – Piran Paisley – Mirin , James the Greater , Our Lady of Paisley Perranporth – PiranPerth – John the Baptist Portsmouth – Thomas Becket , Nicholas Preston, Lancashire – St Wilfrid Reading – James the Greater Ripon – Wilfrid St. Albans – Alban St Andrews – Andrew St. Brides Wentloog – Brigit of Kildare (Welsh : Ffraid )St. Davids – David (Dewi Sant )St. Helier , Jersey – Helier St. Peter Port , Guernsey – Peter Salisbury – Osmund Shrewsbury – Winifred Stafford – Beorhthelm [ 113] Steyning – Cuthman Sunderland – Benedict Biscop [ 114] Tyne and Wear – Bede Winchcombe – Kenelm Winchester – Swithun Worcester – Oswald of Worcester , Wulfstan Wrexham – Richard Gwyn York – Peter , William of York
United States
Acoma Pueblo – James the Greater Arlington, Virginia – Thomas More Baltimore , Maryland – Immaculate Conception Boston , Massachusetts – Patrick Cheyenne, Wyoming – Thérèse of LisieuxDetroit , Michigan – Anne Fresno, California – Thérèse of LisieuxGreen Bay, Wisconsin – Francis XavierIndianapolis , Indiana – Francis XavierJoliet, Illinois – Francis XavierKalamazoo, Michigan – Augustine of Hippo Key West, Florida – Francis XavierLas Vegas , Nevada – Paul the Apostle Los Angeles, California – Our Lady, Queen of Angels New Orleans , Louisiana – Joan of Arc New York City – Nicholas Pueblo, Colorado – Thérèse of LisieuxRuskin, Florida – Anne Saint Paul, Minnesota – Paul the Apostle San Antonio, Texas – Anthony of Padua San Diego, California – Didacus of Alcalá San Francisco, California – Francis of Assisi Santa Fe, New Mexico – Francis of Assisi Santa Rosa, California – Rose of Lima Seattle, Washington – James the Greater St. Augustine, Florida – Augustine of Hippo St. Louis , Missouri – Louis St. Petersburg, Florida – Saint Jude Superior, Wisconsin – Augustine of Hippo Taos, New Mexico – Anne , John the Apostle Thibodaux, Louisiana – Valeria of Milan Tucson, Arizona – Augustine of Hippo
Mary is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando , which the Bishop claimed included the moon.
See also
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