Patron saints of ethnic groups
Europe
- Basques: St. Ignatius of Loyola.[1]
- Bulgarians: St. John of Rila.
- Canarians: Our Lady of Candelaria[2] and St. Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur.[3]
- Catalans: St. George
- Cornish: St. Piran, St Petroc
- Croats: St. Joseph.[4]
- Czechs: St. Wenceslas
- Danes: St. Canute
- Dutch: St. Willibrord
- English: St. George;[5] Our Lady of Walsingham; Edward the Confessor; Edward the Martyr; Michael the Archangel
- French: St. Joan of Arc;[5] St. Denis, St. Martin of Tours
- Gaels: St Columba
- Germans: Archangel Michael.
- Hungarians: St. Stephen of Hungary[6]
- Irish: St. Patrick.,[5] St Bridget
- Italians: St. Francis of Assisi and St. Catherine of Siena.[7]
- Lithuanians: St. Casimir
- Macedonians: St. Clement of Ohrid
- Maltese: St. Paul
- Manx: St. Maughold
- Norwegians: St. Olaf
- Poles: St. Stanislaus Kostka.[5]
- Romanians: St. Andrew
- Scots: St. Andrew.[5] St. Margaret, St. Columba
- Serbs: St. Sava.[8]
- Spaniards: St. James the Great
- Swedes: St. Bridget
- Welsh: St. David.[5]
Asia
North America
References
- Gloria Pílar Totoricagüena (1 June 2004). Boise Basques: Dreamers And Doers. Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno. ISBN 978-1-877802-37-9.
- Patrona del archipiélago Canario Sitio web de las Siervas de los Corazones Traspasados de Jesús y María.
- "Genes aborígenes en el Santo Hermano Pedro". Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- "Hrvatski sabor - Povijest". www.sabor.hr. Archived from the original on 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- A Roof Over Our Heads and Food On the Table. PublishAmerica. 26 November 2010. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-4560-7374-9.
Each ethnic group contained its patron saint. Saint Patrick overlooked his Irish fl ock; Saint Joan of Arc watched over her fellow French; Saint Anthony of Padua looked after his Italians; Saint Stanislaus Kostka was in charge of his fellow Poles;
- Diós, István. "Szent István király [King Saint Stephen]". A szentek élete [Lives of Saints]. Szent István Társulat. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- Gregory Dipippo. "Ss Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, Patron Saints of Italy".
- Butler's Saint for the Day. Bloomsbury Publishing. 15 May 2007. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-1-4411-4862-9.
- Jacob G. Ghazarian (2000). The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia During the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins, 1080-1393. Psychology Press. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-0-7007-1418-6.
- David Scott Fox (1 January 1983). Saint George: the saint with three faces. Kensal Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-946041-13-8.
- James Minahan (2012). Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 244–. ISBN 978-1-59884-659-1.
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