Patron saints of ethnic groups
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Europe
- Basques: St. Ignatius of Loyola.[1]
- Bulgarians: St. John of Rila.
- Canarians: Our Lady of Candelaria and St. Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur.
- Cornish: St. Piran, St Petroc
- Croats: St. Joseph.[2]
- English: St. George;[3] Our Lady of Walsingham; Edward the Confessor; Edward the Martyr; Michael the Archangel
- French: St. Joan of Arc.[3]
- Gaels: St Columba
- Germans: Archangel Michael.
- Hungarians: St. Stephen[4]
- Irish: St. Patrick.,[3] St Bridget
- Italians: St. Francis of Assisi and St. Catherine of Siena.[5]
- Macedonians: St. Clement of Ohrid
- Manx: St. Maughold
- Poles: St. Stanislaus Kostka.[3]
- Romanians: St. Andrew
- Scottish: St. Andrew.[3] St. Margaret, St. Columba
- Serbs: St. Sava.[6]
- Welsh: St. David.[3]
Asia
- Armenians: St. Gregory the Illuminator.[7]
- Bicolanos: Our Lady of Peñafrancia.
- Chinese Filipinos: St. Lorenzo Ruiz.
- Georgians: St. George.[8]
- Kapampangans: Virgen de los Remedios de Pampanga.
- Pangasinense: Our Lady of Manaoag.[9]
- Syrian Christians of Kerala: Saint Thomas the Apostle
North America
- French Canadians: St. John the Baptist
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas: St. Juan Diego
- Mexicans: Our Lady of Guadalupe
See also
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.
- ^ "Hrvatski sabor - Povijest". www.sabor.hr. Archived from the original on 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ a b c d e f 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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