Patron saints of ethnic groups
- Europe
- Basques: St. Ignatius of Loyola.[1]
- Bulgarians: St. John of Rila.
- Cornish: St. Piran.
- Croats: St. Joseph.[2]
- English: St. George.[3]
- French: St. Joan of Arc.[3]
- Germans: Archangel Michael.
- Irish: St. Patrick.[3]
- Italians: St. Francis of Assisi and St. Catherine of Siena. [4]
- Manx: St. Maughold
- Poles: St. Stanislaus Kostka.[3]
- Scottish: St. Andrew.[3] St. Margaret
- Serbs: St. Sava.[5]
- Welsh: St. David.[3]
- Asia
- Armenians: St. Gregory the Illuminator.[6]
- Georgians: St. George.[7]
- Pangasinense: Our Lady of Manaoag.[8]
- North America
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". http://www.sabor.hr/sv-josip-zastitnik-hrvatske-domovine. Retrieved 2018-03-05. External link in
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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;
- ↑ 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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