San Giorgio
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San Giorgio, is the Italian form of Saint George
. When used as the name of a person it is frequently contracted to Sangiorgio.
Other buildings with the name:
Saint George
Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...
. When used as the name of a person it is frequently contracted to Sangiorgio.
Places
Many town and villages are named after the saint, including the following comuni, or ‘municipalities’:- Castel San GiorgioCastel San GiorgioCastel San Giorgio is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....
, in the Province of Salerno - Monforte San GiorgioMonforte San GiorgioMonforte San Giorgio is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 180 km east of Palermo and about 15 km west of Messina....
, in the Province of Messina - Porto San GiorgioPorto San GiorgioPorto San Giorgio is a comune in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It has approximately 16,200 inhabitants and it is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.-History:...
, in the Province of Ascoli Piceno - San Giorgio a CremanoSan Giorgio a CremanoSan Giorgio a Cremano is a primarily residential town and comune in the province of Naples, in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is located on the foothills of Mount Vesuvius to the west of the volcano, and is six kilometres to the south east of the centre of Naples...
, in the Province of Napoli - San Giorgio a LiriSan Giorgio a LiriSan Giorgio a Liri is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 120 km southeast of Rome and about 45 km southeast of Frosinone...
, in the Province of Frosinone - San Giorgio AlbaneseSan Giorgio AlbaneseSan Giorgio Albanese is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.- Language :...
, in the Province of Cosenza - San Giorgio CanaveseSan Giorgio CanaveseSan Giorgio Canavese is a town and comune in the province of Turin in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy.The main attraction is the castle, once a possession of the Novarese counts of Biandrate.-External links:* *...
, in the Province of Torino - San Giorgio del SannioSan Giorgio del SannioSan Giorgio del Sannio is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 9 km southeast of Benevento...
, in the Province of Benevento - San Giorgio della RichinveldaSan Giorgio della RichinveldaSan Giorgio della Richinvelda is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km northeast of Pordenone...
, in the Province of Pordenone - San Giorgio delle PerticheSan Giorgio delle PerticheSan Giorgio delle Pertiche is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 35 km northwest of Venice and about 14 km northeast of Padua...
, in the Province of Padova - San Giorgio di LomellinaSan Giorgio di LomellinaSan Giorgio di Lomellina is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southwest of Milan and about 30 km west of Pavia...
, in the Province of Pavia - San Giorgio di MantovaSan Giorgio di MantovaSan Giorgio di Mantova is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 130 km east of Milan and about 3 km east of Mantua....
, in the Province of Mantova - San Giorgio di NogaroSan Giorgio di NogaroSan Giorgio di Nogaro is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 50 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km south of Udine...
, in the Province of Udine - San Giorgio di PesaroSan Giorgio di PesaroSan Giorgio di Pesaro is a comune in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 45 km west of Ancona and about 25 km southeast of Pesaro....
, in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino - San Giorgio di PianoSan Giorgio di PianoSan Giorgio di Piano is a town and comune located in the Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy. It is the birthplace of Giulietta Masina, the wife of Federico Fellini and star of La Strada and Nights of Cabiria.-External links:*...
, in the Province of Bologna - San Giorgio in BoscoSan Giorgio in BoscoSan Giorgio in Bosco is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km northwest of Venice and about 20 km northwest of Padua...
, in the Province of Padova - San Giorgio IonicoSan Giorgio IonicoSan Giorgio Ionico is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, in the northern Salento, part of the Apulia region of southeast Italy.-History:...
, in the Province of Taranto - San Giorgio la MolaraSan Giorgio La MolaraSan Giorgio La Molara is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northeast of Naples and about 20 km northeast of Benevento...
, in the Province of Benevento - San Giorgio LucanoSan Giorgio LucanoSan Giorgio Lucano is a town and comune in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata....
, in the Province of Matera - San Giorgio MonferratoSan Giorgio MonferratoSan Giorgio Monferrato is a comune of the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont. It is about 60 km east of the regional capital Turin and about 25 km northwest of Alessandria....
, in the Province of Alessandria - San Giorgio MorgetoSan Giorgio MorgetoSan Giorgio Morgeto is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 70 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 50 km northeast of Reggio Calabria...
, in the Province of Reggio Calabria - San Giorgio PiacentinoSan Giorgio PiacentinoSan Giorgio Piacentino is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140 km northwest of Bologna and about 11 km south of Piacenza...
, in the Province of Piacenza - San Giorgio ScarampiSan Giorgio ScarampiSan Giorgio Scarampi is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 30 km south of Asti....
, in the Province of Asti - San Giorgio su LegnanoSan Giorgio su LegnanoSan Giorgio su Legnano is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northwest of Milan....
, in the Province of Milano - Torre San GiorgioTorre San GiorgioTorre San Giorgio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin and about 40 km north of Cuneo...
, in the Province of Cuneo
Buildings
Churches bearing this dedication include:- The Pieve di San GiorgioPieve di San Giorgiothumb|250px|The Pieve di San Giorgio.The Pieve di San Giorgio is a church in the comune of Argenta, northern Italy. It is the most ancient church in the province of Ferrara and one of the most ancient ones in Emilia-Romagna region....
, Argenta - San Giorgio (Siena)San Giorgio (Siena)San Giorgio is a church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.The church was built from donations from the Battle of Montaperti. Soldiers in the Sienese army used part of their pay to found the church for they had called on Saint George for help as their battle-cry during the battle.Of the medieval edifice only...
, a church in Siena - San Giorgio al PalazzoSan Giorgio al PalazzoSan Giorgio al Palazzo is a church in Milan, northern Italy.The church was founded around 750, and was modernized in Baroque style by Francesco Maria Richini in 1623. The façade, designed by Francesco Croce, was built in the 18th century....
, Milan - San Giorgio al VelabroSan Giorgio al VelabroSan Giorgio in Velabro is a minor basilica church in Rome, Italy, devoted to St. George.The church is located in the ancient Roman Velabrum, near the Arch of Janus, in the rione of Ripa. Sited near the River Tiber, it is within a complex of Republican-era pagan temples associated with the port of...
, Rome - San Giorgio dei GreciSan Giorgio dei GreciSan Giorgio dei Greci is a church in the sestiere or neighborhood of Castello, Venice, northern Italy. It was the center of the Scuola dei Greci, the Confraternity of the Greeks in Venice....
, Venice - San Giorgio di NogaroSan Giorgio di NogaroSan Giorgio di Nogaro is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 50 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km south of Udine...
Friuli Venezia Giulia - Church of San Giorgio MaggioreChurch of San Giorgio Maggiorethumb|450 px|San Giorgio Maggiore seen across the water in full sun on an evening in JuneSan Giorgio Maggiore is a 16th century Benedictine church on the island of the same name in Venice, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio and built between 1566 and 1610...
, Venice
Other buildings with the name:
- San Giorgio MonasterySan Giorgio MonasteryThe San Giorgio Monastery was a Benedictine monastery in Venice, Italy, located on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. It stands next to the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, which formerly served the monastic community, and currently serves as the headquarters of the Cini Foundation.-Foundation:The...
, Venice - Palazzo San GiorgioPalazzo San GiorgioThe Palazzo San Giorgio or Palace of St. George is a palace in Genoa, Italy. It is situated in the Piazza Caricamento....
, Genoa
People
People with the name San Giorgio or Sangiorgio include:- The Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio MaggioreMaster of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio MaggioreThe Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore was an Italian painter of illuminated manuscripts active in the northern region, especially around Venice and possibly around Verona, between 1440 and 1470. His name is derived from a choir book decorated for the Benedictine monks of San...
(active between 1440 and 1470), an Italian painter of illuminated manuscripts - Giovanni Antonio SangiorgioGiovanni Antonio SangiorgioGiovanni Antonio Sangiorgio was an Italian canon lawyer and Cardinal. He has been called one of the ‘last two great commentators on feudal law’....
(died 1509), Italian canon lawyer and Cardinal of Alessandria - Eusebio da San GiorgioEusebio da San GiorgioEusebio da San Giorgio was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. Also known as Eusebio di Jacopo di Cristoforo da San Giorgio. Born in Perugia. He was a pupil of the painter Pietro Perugino. He painted an altarpiece for the parish church of Matelica . He painted an Adoration of the Kings...
(c.1470–c.1550), an Italian painter - Abbondio SangiorgioAbbondio SangiorgioAbbondio Sangiorgio was an Italian sculptor.Born in Milan, Sangiorgio studied at the city’s Accademia di Brera...
(1798–1879), a Milanese sculptor
Other
San Giorgio may also refer to:- San Giorgio MaggioreSan Giorgio MaggioreSan Giorgio Maggiore is one of the islands of Venice, northern Italy, lying east of the Giudecca and south of the main island group. The isle is surrounded by Canale della Grazia, Canale della Giudecca, Saint Mark Basin, Canale di San Marco and the southern lagoon...
, an island in Venice - San Giorgio in AlgaSan Giorgio in AlgaSan Giorgio in Alga is an island of the Venetian lagoon, northern Italy, laying between the Giudecca and Fusina .-History:...
, an island of the Venetian lagoon - Monte San GiorgioMonte San GiorgioMonte San Giorgio is a wooded mountain located in the south of canton Ticino in Switzerland. Monte San Giorgio became a UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2003, because it "is the single best known record of marine life in the Triassic period, and records important remains of life on land as well."...
, a Swiss mountain - San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk, a 1908 oil painting by Claude Monet
- The San Giorgio classSan Giorgio class amphibious transport dockThree San Giorgio class amphibious transport dock were built by Fincantieri for the Marina Militare Italiana. These ships can lift a battalion of troops, and up to 36 armoured vehicles. The stern floodable dock can accommodate three landing craft and the flight deck has three landing spots. San...
, Italian Navy amphibious landing ship