Editing Symbols of Europe (section)

==Patron saints==
The [[Roman Catholic Church]] venerates six saints as "[[patron saints|patrons of Europe]]". [[Benedict of Nursia]] had been declared "Patron saint of all Europe" by [[Pope Paul VI]] in 1964.<ref>Johan Fornäs, ''Signifyingo Europe'' (2012), [https://books.google.com/books?id=PG73B_1Xha4C&pg=PA256 p. 255f].</ref>
[[Pope John Paul II]] named between 1980 and 1999 Ss. [[Cyril and Methodius]], [[Bridget of Sweden]], [[Catherine of Siena]] and [[Edith Stein|Teresa Benedicta of the Cross]] as co-patrons.<ref name="Egregiae Virtutis">{{cite web | title =Egregiae Virtutis | url =https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_31121980_egregiae-virtutis_lt.html | access-date =26 April 2009 | url-status =live | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090104182217/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_31121980_egregiae-virtutis_lt.html | archive-date =4 January 2009 }} [[Ecclesiastical letter#Letters of the popes in modern times|Apostolic letter]] of [[Pope John Paul II]], 31 December 1980 {{in lang|la}}</ref><ref>Johan Fornäs, ''Signifyingo Europe'' (2012), [https://books.google.com/books?id=PG73B_1Xha4C&pg=PA256 p. 255f].</ref>