Patron Saints Of Countries
A saint is a heavenly advocate of a place, a group of people or certain occupations. Saints are generally recognised within the Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy or Anglican religions, although some secular countries and, despite being considered idolatrous, some Islamic countries too.
Some saint's feast days are considered to be important patriot days which warrant public holiday status, while others slip by completely un-noticed by most of the population.
Found below is a list of countries and larger territories, in alphabetical order, with their various patron saints and the date of that country's feast day. Some saints have more than one feast day depending on which religion or calendar they are representing, although our list shows only the saint's day represented by the country listed, so you may well find different feast dates for the same saint.
THE PATRON SAINTS OF COUNTRIES
The world's most popular saint, Saint Nicholas of Myra otherwise known as Santa Claus, whose feast day is held on December 6th.
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ALBANIA
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Good Counsel – Feast Day April 26th.
ALGERIA
Cyprian of Carthage – Feast Day September 16th.
ANDORRA
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Meritxell – Feast Day September 8th.
ANGOLA
The Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Feast Day October 19th.
ARGENTINA
Blessed Laura Vicuña – Feast Day January 22nd.
Francis Solanus – Feast Day July 14th.
Martin of Tours – Feast Day November 11th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Luján – Feast Day May 8th.
ARMENIA
Bartholomew the Apostle – Feast Day June 11th .
Gregory the Illuminator – Feast Day September 30th.
Jude the Apostle – Feast Day June 19th.
AUSTRALIA
Mary Help of Christians – Feast Day May 24th.
Mary of the Cross MacKillop – Feast Day August 8th.
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
AUSTRIA
Colman of Stockerau – Feast Day October 13th.
Florian – Feast Day May 4th.
Joseph – Feast Day May 1st.
Leopold the Good – Feast Day November 15th.
Maurice – Feast Day September 22nd.
Severinus of Noricum – Feast Day January 8th.
Vergilius of Salzburg – Feast Day November 27th.
B
BANGLADESH
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
BARBADOS
Andrew the Apostle – Feast Day November 30th.
BELARUS
Euphrosyne of Polotsk – Feast Day May 23rd.
BELGIUM
Joseph – Feast Day May 1st.
BOLIVIA
The Virgin Mary under the title of the Virgin of Copacabana – Feast Days February 2nd & August 5th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Feast Day July 16th.
BOSNIA & HERZOGOVINA
George - Feast Day April 23rd.
BRAZIL
Anthony of Padua – Feast Day June 13th.
Peter of Alcantara – Feast Day October 18th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Aparecida – Feast Day October 12th.
BULGARIA
Cyril and Methodius – Feast Days May 11th & May 24th.
John of Rila – Feast Day October 19th.
C
CANADA
Jean de Brébeuf Of The North American Martyrs – Feast Day September 26th.
Joseph - Feast Day May 1st.
Lawrence – Feast Day August 10th.
CANARY ISLANDS (SPAIN)
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Candelaria - Feast Day August 15th.
CAPE VERDE
Philip the Apostle – Feast Day May 3rd.
CHILE
James the Greater – Feast Day July 25th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Feast Day July 16th.
CHINA
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
Joseph - Feast Day May 1st.
Peter Sanz - Feast Day July 9th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Sheshan – Feast Day May 24th.
COLOMBIA
Louis Bertrand – Feast Day October 9th.
Peter Claver – Feast Day September 9th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá – Feast Days July 9th & November 18th.
CORSICA (FRANCE)
Devota – Feast Day January 27th.
Julia - Feast Day May 23.
COSTA RICA
The Virgin Mary under the title of The Virgen de los Angeles / Our Lady of the Angels, also known as La Negrita - Feast Day August 2nd.
CROATIA
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
Joseph - Feast Day May 1st.
Theresa of Avila – Feast Day October 15th.
Vitus – Feast Day June 15th.
CUBA
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Charity – Feast Day September 8th.
CYPRUS
Andrew - Feast Day November 30th.
Barnabas – Feast Day June 11th.
Marina the Martyr - Feast Day July 20th.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Adalbert of Prague – Feast Day April 23rd.
Anne of Bohemia - Feast Day March 2nd.
Cyril and Methodius – Feast Day July 5th.
Sigismund of Burgundy – Feast Day May 1st.
Wenceslas – Feast Day September 28th.
Vitus – Feast Day June 15th.
D
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The Virgin Mary using the title of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Feast Day December 8th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Feast Day October 19th.
DENMARK
Canute IV – Feast Day July 10th.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Dominic – Feast Day August 8th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Altagracia - Feast Day January 21st.
E
ECUADOR
Mary Anne de Paredes – Feast Day May 26th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Feast Day October 19th.
ENGLAND (UK)
Boniface – Feast Day June 5th.
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
EGYPT
Mark the Evangelist – Feast Day April 25th.
EL SALVADOR
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Peace – Feast Days January 24th & July 9th.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Feast Day December 8th.
ETHIOPIA
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
F
FAROE ISLANDS (DENMARK)
Olaf – Feast Day July 29th.
FINLAND
Henry of Uppsala – Feast Day January 19th.
Knut - Feast Day January 13th.
FRANCE
Denis – Feast Day October 9th.
Martin of Tours – Feast Day November 11th.
Joan of Arc – Feast Day May 30th.
Louis IX – Feast Day August 25th.
Remi – Feast Day January 13th.
Thérèse de Lisieux – Feast Day October 1st.
Petronilla – Feast Day May 31st.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Assumption – Feast Day August 15th.
G
GEORGIA
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
Nino – Feast Day January 14th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Feast Day October 19th.
GERMANY
Boniface – Feast Day June 5th.
Bruno of Cologne – Feast Day October 6th.
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
Maurice – Feast Day September 22nd.
Peter Canisius – Feast Day December 21st.
Vitus – Feast Day June 15th.
GIBRALTAR (UK)
Bernard of Clairvaux - Feast Day August 20th.
GREECE
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
Andrew the Apostle – Feast Day November 30th.
Nicholas of Myra – Feast Day December 6th.
GUAM (USA)
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Camarin – Feast Day December 8th.
GUATEMALA
James the Greater – Feast Day July 25th.
GUERNSEY (UK)
Sampson - Feast Day July 28th.
H
HAITI
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Perpetual Succor – Feast Day June 27th.
HONDURAS
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Suyapa – Feast Day February 3rd.
HUNGARY
Adalbert of Prague – Feast Day April 23rd.
Gerard Sagredo – Feast Day September 24th.
Stephen I of Hungary – Feast Day August 20th.
I
ICELAND
Thorlac Thorhallsson – Feast Day December 23rd.
INDIA
Thomas the Apostle – Feast Day December 21st.
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
Joseph - Feast Day May 1st.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Assumption – Feast Day August 15th.
INDONESIA
Thomas the Apostle – Feast Day December 21st.
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
IRAN
Maruthas – Feast Day December 4th.
IRAQ
George - Feast Day April 23rd.
IRISH REPUBLIC
Patrick – Feast Day March 17th.
Columba – Feast Day June 9th.
Bridget of Kildare – Feast Day February 1st.
ISLE OF MAN
Maughold - Feast Day April 25th.
ITALY
Catherine of Siena – Feast Day April 29th.
Francis of Assisi – Feast Day October 4th.
J
JAMAICA
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady Of The Assumption - Feast Day August 15th.
JAPAN
Peter Baptist – Feast Day February 6th.
Joseph - Feast Day May 1st.
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
JERSEY (UK)
Helier - Feast Day July 16th.
JORDAN
John the Baptist – Feast Day January 7th.
K
KENYA
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
L
LEBANON
Barbara – Feast Day December 4th.
The Virgin Mary using the title of Our Lady of Lebanon – Feast Day May 5th.
LESOTHO
The Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Feast Day October 19th.
LITHUANIA
Casimir – Feast Day March 4th.
Cunigunde of Luxembourg – Feast Day March 3rd.
John of Dukla – Feast Day September 28th.
John of Kanty – Feast Day December 23rd.
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
Hyacinth – Feast Day August 17th.
Kinga of Poland – Feast Day July 24th.
LUXEMBOURG
Cunigunde of Luxembourg – Feast Day March 3rd.
Willibrord – Feast Day November 7th.
M
MACEDONIA
Clement of Ohrid – Feast Days August 9th & December 8th.
Cyril and Methodius – Feast Day May 24th.
MADAGASCAR
Vincent de Paul – Feast Day January 20th.
MAJORCA (SPAIN)
Sebastian - Feast Days January 27th.
MALAYSIA
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
MALTA
Agatha of Sicily – Feast Day February 5th.
Paul the Apostle – Feast Day February 10th.
Publius – Feast Day January 21st.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Assumption – Feast Day August 15th.
MENORCA (SPAIN)
Anthony - Feast Day January 17th.
MEXICO
Joseph - Feast Day May 1st.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Feast Day December 12th.
MOLDOVA
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
MONACO
Devota – Feast Day January 27th.
MONGOLIA
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
N
NETHERLANDS
Plechelm – Feast Day July 15th.
Willibrord – Feast Day November 7th.
Vitus – Feast Day June 15th.
NEW CALEDONIA (FRANCE)
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Assumption – Feast Day August 15th.
NEW ZEALAND
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
Joseph - Feast Day May 1st.
NICARAGUA
James the Greater – Feast Day July 25th.
NIGERIA
Patrick – Feast Day March 17th.
NORWAY
Magnus of Orkney – Feast Day April 16th.
O
ORKNEY ISLANDS (UK)
Magnus of Orkney – Feast Day April 16th.
P
PAKSTAN
Francis Xavier - Feast Day December 3rd.
PALESTINE
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
PANAMA
The Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Feast Day October 19th.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Michael the Archangel – Feast Day September 29th.
PARAGUAY
Martin of Tours – Feast Day November 11th .
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Luján – Feast Day September 8th.
PERU
Joseph - Feast Day May 1st.
Rose of Lima – Feast Days August 23rd or August 30th.
Turibius of Mogroveio – Feast Days March 23rd & August 23rd.
PHILIPPINES
Black Nazarene - Feast Day January 9th.
Francis Xavier – Feast Day December 3rd.
Jude the Apostle - Feast Day October 28th.
Lorenzo Ruíz – Feast Day September 28th.
Pedro Calungsod – Feast Day April 2nd.
Pudentiana – Feast Day May 19th.
Rose of Lima - Feast Days August 23rd & August 30th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Feast Day October 19th.
POLAND
Adalbert of Prague - Feast Day April 23rd.
Casimir - Feast Day March 4th.
Cunigunde of Luxemburg – Feast Day March 3rd.
John of Dukla – Feast Day September 28th.
Kinga of Poland – Feast Day July 24th.
John of Kanty - Feast Day December 23rd.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Częstochowa – Feast Day August 26th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Sorrows – Feast Day September 15th.
PORTUGAL
Anthony of Padua – Feast Day June 13th.
Gabriel the Archangel– Feast Day September 28th.
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
James the Greater - Feast Day July 25th.
John de Brito – Feast Day February 4th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Feast Day December 8th.
PUERTO RICO (USA)
John the Baptist – Feast Day January 7th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Providence – Feast Day May 1st.
R
ROMANIA
Andrew the Apostle – Feast Day November 30th.
John of Suceava – Feast Day June 1st.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Andrew the Apostle – Feast Day November 30th.
Basil the Great – Feast Day January 1st.
Casimir – Feast Day March 4th.
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
Joseph - Feast Day is held on the first Sunday after December 25th.
Nicholas of Myra – Feast Day December 6th.
Thérèse de Lisieux – Feast Day October 1st.
Vladimir I of Kiev – Feast Day November 25th.
S
SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION & TRISTAN DA CUNHA (UK)
Helena - Feast Day May 21st.
SAN MARINO
Agatha of Sicily – Feast Day February 5th.
Marinus – Feast Day September 3rd.
Nicholas of Myra – Feast Day December 6th.
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
Thomas the Apostle - Feast Day December 21st.
SARDINIA (ITALY)
Gavinus - Feast Day May 30th.
SCANDINAVIA
Ansgar – Feast Day February 3rd.
SCOTLAND (UK)
Andrew the Apostle – Feast Day November 30th.
Columba – Feast Day June 9th.
Margaret – Feast Day November 16th.
SERBIA
Sava – Feast Day January 27th.
Stephen - Feast Day January 9th.
Vitus – Feast Day June 15th.
SHETLAND ISLANDS (UK)
Magnus of Orkney – Feast Day April 16th.
Margaret – Feast Day November 16th.
SICILY (ITALY)
Andrew the Apostle – Feast Day November 30th.
Agatha of Sicily – Feast Day February 5th.
SLOVAKIA
Cyril and Methodius – Feast Day July 5th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Sorrows – Feast Day September 15th.
SLOVENIA
Joseph - Feast Day held on the first Sunday after December 25th.
Cyril and Methodius – Feast Days 11th May & 24th May.
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Michael the Archangel – Feast Day September 29th.
SOUTH AFRICA
Martin of Tours – Feast Day November 11th.
SOUTH KOREA
Joseph - Feast Day May 1st.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Feast Day December 8th.
SPAIN
James the Greater – Feast Day July 25th.
Teresa of Ávila – Feast Day October 15th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Feast Day December 8th.
SRI LANKA
Lawrence – Feast Day August 10th.
Joseph Vaz – Feast Day January 16th.
Thomas the Apostle – Feast Day December 21st
SUDAN
Josephine Bakhita – Feast Day February 8th.
SWEDEN
Bridget / Birgitta – Feast Day October 7th.
Knut - Feast Day January 13th.
Sigfrid of Sweden – Feast Day February 15th.
SWITZERLAND
Gall – Feast Day October 16th.
Nicholas of Flue – Feast Day September 25th.
T
TANZANIA
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Feast Day December 8th.
TURKEY
George – Feast Day April 23rd.
U
UKRAINE
Josaphat – Feast Day November 25th.
Andrew the Apostle – Feast Day November 30th.
Vladimir I of Kiev – Feast Day July 15th.
URUGUAY
James the Less – Feast Day May 3rd.
Philip the Apostle – Feast Day May 3rd.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Lujan - Feast Day September 8th.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Catherine of Siena – Feast Day April 29th.
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Feast Day December 8th.
V
VATICAN CITY STATE
Michael the Archangel – Feast Day September 29th.
VENEZUELA
The Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Coromoto – Feast Day May 1st.
VIETNAM
Joseph - Feast Day May 1st.
W
WALES (UK)
David – Feast Day March 1st.
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