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St. Leopold has been a symbol of Austria's Catholic identity. Leopold is a patron saint of Austria, and Austrians still celebrate his feast day on November 15 with great pomp.
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;
archangel Michael, the patron saint of the German people
This centrality of St Paul in the historical account of the Maltese people means that he is not only the local patron of St Paul's parish, but also the national patron saint.
It was the feast of St. Anthony, the beloved patron saint of the Portuguese people
Two Orthodox-Christian Slavic nations have their own nation-patron-saints: St. Stefan is the patron saint of the Serbs and St. Nicholas, the patron saint of the Russians.
Cyprian von Karthago. This bishop of Carthage was one of the most important saints of Christian Africa in the third century; he is patron of North Africa and the Berbers.
St. Mark is the patron saint of the Copts.
He is syncretized with Saint Anthony of Padua, who is considered the protector of the Kongo people.
Nabi Shu'eib, biblical Jethro, is the patron saint of the Druze.
James the Just, the patron saint of the Jewish Christians
St. George is also the patron saint of Lebanese and Palestinian Christians.
He is also the patron saint of the Palestinian Christian community.
There are several examples of this: "Besides being the patron saint of England and of the Christians of Syria.
John is a patron saint of Asia Minor and Turkey and Turks because of his missionary work there.
Claver was very sympathetic toward the enslaved Africans and is still heralded as a patron saint among many Afro-Caribbean Catholic communities.
the Virgin of Altagracia, the patron saint of the Dominican people.
Declared the patron saint of the French Canadians by Pope Pius X in 1908, John the Baptist had been honored during the French regime with religious ceremonies and also with bonfires associated with the summer solstice.
the Virgen del Pilar, the patron saint not only of peninsular Spain but of the entire Hispanic world.
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patron Saint of Mexico and Mexican American.
Our Lady of Guadalupe was the Indian Virgin Mary, the revered patron saint of the Mexican people.