San Pietro
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San Pietro is Italian for Saint Peter
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Saint Peter
Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
– see also Saint Peter (disambiguation)
St. Peter (disambiguation)
St. Peter was an early Christian apostle. The name St. Peter may also refer to:-People: *Saint Peter of Rates *Peter, martyred with Andrew, Paul and Denise, 250 AD*Peter, martyred with Marcellinus St. Peter (c. 1 – 64 AD) was an early Christian apostle. The name St. Peter may also refer...
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Churches
- Basilica di San Pietro in VaticanoSt. Peter's BasilicaThe Papal Basilica of Saint Peter , officially known in Italian as ' and commonly known as Saint Peter's Basilica, is a Late Renaissance church located within the Vatican City. Saint Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world...
- Antica basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
- San Pietro di CastelloSan Pietro di Castello (church)The Basilica di San Pietro di Castello , commonly called San Pietro di Castello, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica of the Patriarch of Venice located in the Castello sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. The present building dates from the 16th century, but a church has stood on the site since...
in Venice - San Pietro in MontorioSan Pietro in MontorioSan Pietro in Montorio is a church in Rome, Italy, which includes in its courtyard The Tempietto built by Donato Bramante.-History:...
- San Pietro a GradoSan Pietro a GradoSan Piero a Grado is a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, in the eponymous frazione. The church is located where once was a now disappeared port of the Pisan Republic, where, according to the legend, St...
- San Pietro, PerugiaSan Pietro, PerugiaSan Pietro is the name of a church and an abbey in the city of Perugia , central Italy.-History:The monastery was created around 996 over the former cathedral church, the early seat of Perugia's bishops, existing since the early seventh century, although the first document citing the abbot is from...
- San Pietro in VincoliSan Pietro in VincoliSan Pietro in Vincoli is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, best known for being the home of Michelangelo's statue of Moses, part of the tomb of Pope Julius II.-History:...
Places
- San Pietro IslandSan Pietro IslandSan Pietro Island is an island approximately 7 km off the South western Coast of Sardinia, Italy, facing the Sulcis peninsula. With 51 km² it is the sixth largest island of Italy by area. The approximately 6,000 inhabitants are mostly concentrated in the fishing town of Carloforte, the...
- San Pietro di Castello (island)
- San Pietro AvellanaSan Pietro AvellanaSan Pietro Avellana is a comune in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region of Molise, about 50 km northwest of Campobasso and some 20 km north of Isernia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 630 and an area of 45.0 km²...
- Castel San PietroCastel San PietroCastel San Pietro is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Castel San Pietro is first mentioned in 1171 as Castellum Sancti Petri. A settlement near the village was mentioned in 865, when an Imperial knight named Sigeradus, granted the area to...
- Ponte San PietroPonte San PietroPonte San Pietro is a comune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km west of Bergamo....
- San Pietro InfineSan Pietro InfineSan Pietro Infine is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about northwest of Naples and about northwest of Caserta...
- San Pietro a PatiernoSan Pietro a PatiernoSan Pietro a Patierno is a suburb of Naples, in southern Italy.-Geography:It is one of the largest suburbs of Naples and is relatively lightly populated compared to surrounding areas, with around 20,000 residents...
- Settimo San PietroSettimo San PietroSettimo San Pietro is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 9 km northeast of Cagliari, it had a population of 6,079 and an area of 23.2 km²....
- San Pietro VernoticoSan Pietro VernoticoSan Pietro Vernotico is a town and comune in the province of Brindisi in Puglia, on the south-east Italy coast. Its main economic activities are tourism and the growing of olives and grapes...
- San Pietro MosezzoSan Pietro MosezzoSan Pietro Mosezzo is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 5 km west of Novara...
- San Pietro in LamaSan Pietro in LamaSan Pietro in Lama is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.Its Mother Church is a typical example of Leccese Baroque....