San Canzian d'Isonzo
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San Canzian d'Isonzo is a comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the province of Gorizia
Province of Gorizia
The Province of Gorizia is a province in the autonomous Friuli–Venezia Giulia region of Italy.-Overview:Its capital is the city of Gorizia. It belonged to the Province of Udine between 1924 and 1927 and the communes of Sonzia, Plezzo, Bergogna, Caporetto, Tolmino, Circhina, Santa Lucia d'Isonzo,...

, in Friuli – Venezia Giulia, Italy
Italy
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The small town is situated about 30 kilometers from Gorizia
Gorizia
Gorizia is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, and it is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. Since 1947, a twin...

, the capital of the province, and not too far west of the important port of Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...

. Its name refers to the martyrs Cantius
Cantius
Cantius was a genus of adapiformes primate that lived in the Eocene....

, Cantianius, and Cantianilla, who are said to have been beheaded
Decapitation
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 here in 304 AD.

It is also the birthplace of Italian footballer and current England
England national football team
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 manager Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello
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