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A

  • Angola: Immaculate Heart of Mary
  • Argentina: Our Lady of Lujan
  • Armenia: Gregory the Illuminator
  • Australia: Our Lady Help of Christians

B

  • Belgium: Joseph
  • Bolivia: Our Lady of Copacabana ("Virgen de la Candelaria")
  • Brazil: Nossa Senhora de Aparecida Immaculate Conception, Peter of Alcantara

C

  • Canada: Joseph
  • Chile: James the Greater, Our Lady of Mount Carmel
  • China: Joseph
  • Colombia: Peter Claver, Louis Bertrand
  • Cuba: Our Lady of Charity
  • Cyprus: Barnabus
  • Czech Republic: Wenceslas, John Nepomucen, Procopius

D

  • Denmark: Ansgar, Canute
  • Dominican Republic: Our Lady of High Grace, Dominic

E

  • East Indies: Thomas the Apostle
  • Ecuador: Sacred Heart
  • El Salvador: Our Lady of Peace
  • England: George
  • Ethiopia: Frumentius
  • Europe: Benedict, Cyril and Methodius

F

  • Finland: Henry
  • France: Our Lady of Assumption, Joan of Arc, Therese of Lisieux

G

  • Germany: Boniface, Michael
  • Greece: Andrew, Nicholas

H

  • Hungary: Blessed Virgin ("Great Lady of Hungary"), Stephen

I

  • Iceland: Thorlac
  • India: Our Lady of Assumption
  • Ireland: Patrick, Brigid, Columba
  • Italy: Frances of Assisi, Catherine of Siena

J

  • Japan: Peter Baptist

L

  • Lithuania: Casimir, Cunegund, John Cantius
  • Luxembourg: Willibrord

M

  • Malta: Paul, Our Lady of Assumption
  • Mexico: Our Lady of Guadalupe
  • Monaco: Devota

N

  • Netherlands: Willibrord
  • New Zealand: Our Lady Help of Christians
  • Norway: Olaf

P

  • Papua New Guinea: Michael the Archangel
  • Paraguay: Our Lady of Assumption
  • Peru: Joseph
  • Phillipines: Sacred Heart of Mary
  • Poland: Casimir, Cunegund, Stanislas Kostka, Florian
  • Portugal: Immaculate Conception, Francis Borgia, Anthony of Padua, George, Vincent of Saragossa

R

  • Russia: Andrew, Nicholas of Myra, Therese of Lisieux

S

  • Scandinavia: Ansgar
  • Scotland: Andrew, Columba
  • Slovakia: Our Lady of Sorrows
  • South America: Rose of Lima
  • Soloman Islands: Most Holy Name of Mary
  • Spain: James the Greater, Teresa of Avila
  • Sri Lanka: Lawrence
  • Sweden: Bridget, Eric
  • Switzerland: Gall

T

  • Tanzania: Immaculate Conception

U

  • United States: Immaculate Conception
  • Uruguay: Blessed Virgin Mary ("La Virgen de los Triente y Tres")

V

  • Venezuela: Our Lady of Coromoto

W

  • Wales: David
  • West Indies: Gertrude

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Photo credits: (Related Resources) Portrait of Saint Francis of Assisi, Cimabue (1240-1302), PD-Art, Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait of Saint Francis of Assisi, Cimabue (1240-1302), PD-Art, Wikimedia Commons
A saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness or closeness to God. While the English word saint originated in Christianity, historians of religion now use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people" ... Read more at Wikipedia.