Saints who represent countries are chosen by the monarch, government or church leaders and a petition for approval is sent to the Congregation for Causes for Saints at the Vatican. If it can be proved that the country is devoted to the saint, an Apostolic Letter is sent by the Pope. The choice often falls on a national hero such as Joan of Arc in France, but can be someone who was martyred in the country or performed good deeds there such as an early missionary or any saint who reflects the aspirations of the country. A large number of countries have an aspect of the Blessed Virgin Mary, relating to either an event in her life or her appearance at a place in the country, as their patron, and in 1944, Pope Pius XII dedicated the whole human race to her.
| Africa - Central, Angola | BVM, The Most Pure Heart of Mary |
| Africa - North, Algeria | Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage |
| Africa - South | BVM - the Assumption |
| Albania | BVM, Motherhood of Good Counsel |
| America - Central | Rose of Lima |
| Arabia | BVM, Our Lady of Arabia |
| Argentina | BVM, Our Lady of Lujan |
| Armenia | Gregory of Armenia |
| Assisi | Francis of Assisi |
| Australia | BVM, Our Lady of Help of Christians |
| Austria | Joseph, Coloman, Leopold, Florian |
| Avignon | Agricola of Avignon |
| Barbados | Andrew the Apostle |
| Bavaria | Sebald |
| Belgium | BVM |
| Belize | Joseph |
| Bohemia | John of Nepomuk, Wenceslas |
| Bolivia | BVM - Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Borneo | Francis Xavier |
| Brazil | BVM Immaculate 'Aparecida', Peter of Alcantara, Anthony of Padua |
| Brittany | Ivo |
| Canada | Joseph, Martyrs of North America |
| Canary Islands | Avitus |
| Chile | BVM - Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Catalonia | George |
| China | BVM - Queen of China, Joseph |
| Colombia | BVM - Our Lady of Chiquinquira, Louis Betrand, Peter Claver |
| Corsica | BVM - Immaculate Conception, Devota, Julia |
| Costa Rica | BVM - Our Lady of the Angels |
| Cuba | BVM - Birthday of the BV of Charity |
| Cyprus | Barnabas the Apostle |
| Czech Republic + Slovakia | Wenceslaus, Adalbert of Prague, John Nepomucen, Cyril and Methodius |
| Denmark | Anskar |
| Dominican Republic | BVM - Our Lady of Mercy |
| Ecuador | BVM - The Most Pure Heart of Mary |
| Egypt | Mark the Evangelist |
| El Salvador | BVM - Our Lady of Peace, Salvador del Mundo (Jesus) |
| England | George |
| Equatorial Guinea | BVM - Immaculate Conception |
| Europe | Benedict |
| Finland | Henry the Emperor |
| France | BVM - the Assumption, Joan of Arc, Denis, Therese of Lisieux |
| Germany | Anskar, Michael the Archangel |
| Gibralter | Bernard of Clairvaux |
| Greece | Paul the Apostle, George |
| Guatemala | James the Greater, the Apostle |
| Haiti | BVM - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour |
| Honduras | BVM - Our Lady of Suyapa |
| Hungary | BVM - Great Queen of Hungary, Stephen of Hungary |
| Iceland | Anskar |
| India | BVM, Francis Xavier, Rose of Lima, Thomas the Apostle |
| Ireland | Patrick, Bridget, Columba |
| Isle of Man | Maughold |
| Italy | Francis of Assisi, Catherine of Siena |
| Jamaica | BVM - Feast of the Assumption |
| Japan | Francis Xavier, Martyrs of Japan |
| Jersey | Helier |
| Jordan | John the Baptist |
| Lithuania | Casimir of Poland, Cunegund |
| Luxembourg | BVM - Comforter of the Afflicted, Cunegund, Willibrord |
| Madagascar | Vincent de Paul |
| Malta | Paul the Apostle |
| Mexico | BVM - Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| Mongolia, Inner | BVM - Immaculate Conception |
| Mongolia, Outer | Francis Xavier |
| Netherlands | Willibrord |
| New Zealan | BVM - Our Lady of Help of Christians |
| New Caledonia | BVM - Feast of the Assumption |
| Nicaragua | James the Greater, the Apostle |
| Nigeria | BVM - Queen of Nigeria |
| Norway | Olaf, Magnus of Orkney |
| Orkney Islands | Magnus of Orkney |
| Pakistan | Thomas the Apostle, Francis Xavier |
| Papua New Guinea | Michael the Archangel |
| Paraguay | BVM - Feast of the Assumption |
| Philippines | BVM - Immaculate Conception |
| Peru | Joseph, Rose of Lima, Turibius of Mogroveio |
| Poland | BVM - Queen of Poland, Adalbert of Prague, Stanislaus |
| Portugal | BVM - Feast of the Assumption, Antony of Padua, George, Francis Borgia |
| Puerto Rico | BVM - Our Lady of Divine Providence |
| Russia | Joseph, Andrew the Apostle, Basil the Great, Nicholas of Bari |
| Sardinia | Ephysus, Maurice |
| Scotland | Andrew the Apostle, Andrew Avellinus |
| Sicily | Vitus, Rosalia of Palermo |
| Slovakia | BVM - Our Lady of Sorrows |
| Solomon Islands | Maurice |
| Vietnam | Joseph |
| Spain | BVM - Immaculate Conception, James the Greater, the Apostle |
| Sri Lanka | BVM - The Immaculate 'Our Lady of Lanka' |
| Sweden | Bridget, Eric the Martyr |
| Switzerland | Nicholas von Flue |
| Tanzania | BVM - Immaculate Conception |
| Turkey | John the Evangelist, the Apostle |
| United States of America | BVM - Immaculate Conception |
| Uruguay | BVM - Our Lady of Thirty-Three (exiles and independence fighters), Our Lady of Lujan, Philip and James, the Apostles |
| Venezuela | BVM - Our Lady of Coromoto |
| Wales | David |
| West Indies | Gertrude of Helfta |
| Zaire | BVM - Immaculate Conception |
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
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