Patron Saints Of Ethnic Groups
Europe *Andalusians: St. John of Ávila, Virgin of Hope of Macarena. *Austrians: St. Leopold the Good, Saint Joseph. * Basques: St. Ignatius of Loyola. * Bosnians: St. Elijah. *Bulgarians: St. John of Rila. *Canarians: Our Lady of Candelaria, St. Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur. *Catalans: St. George. * Cornish: St. Piran, St Petroc. *Croats: St. Joseph. *Czechs: St. Wenceslas. * Danes: St. Canute. *Dutch people, Dutch: St. Willibrord. *English people, English: St. George; Our Lady of Walsingham; Edward the Confessor; Edward the Martyr; Michael the Archangel. *Finns: St. Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry bishop of Finland. *French people, French: St. Joan of Arc; St. Denis of Paris, Denis, St. Martin of Tours. *Flemish people, Flemings: Saint Walpurga. *Gaels: St Columba. *Galicians: St. James the Great. *Germans: Michael (archangel), Archangel Michael. *Greeks: St. Saint Nicholas, Nicholas. *Greek Cypriots: Barnabas, and Lazarus of Bethany. *Hungarians: St. Stephen I of H ...
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Andalusians
The Andalusians ( es, andaluces) are a European ethnic group, native to Andalusia, an autonomous community in southern Spain. Andalusia's statute of autonomy defines Andalusians as the Spanish citizens who reside in any of the municipalities of Andalusia, as well as those Spaniards who reside abroad and had their last Spanish residence in Andalusia, and their descendants. Since reform in 2007, the Andalusian statute of autonomy identifies the territory as a ''historic nationality'' in the preamble. The Spanish Language Academy recognizes Andalusian Spanish as a set of diverse dialects. History and culture In Antiquity, Andalusian people used to trade with Phoenicians and Sephardi Jews some thousand years before the Common Era, and they were called as Tarshish or Tartessos in the Old Testament and Greek texts. The genesis of modern Andalusian culture can be traced to the incorporation of the Moors territory to the Crown of Castile during the Middle Ages at the end of the ...
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