San Giorgio
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San Giorgio, is the Italian form of Saint George
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 Giorgio
    Castel San Giorgio
    Castel 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 Giorgio
    Monforte San Giorgio
    Monforte 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 Giorgio
    Porto San Giorgio
    Porto 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 Cremano
    San Giorgio a Cremano
    San 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 Liri
    San Giorgio a Liri
    San 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 Albanese
    San Giorgio Albanese
    San 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 Canavese
    San Giorgio Canavese
    San 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 Sannio
    San Giorgio del Sannio
    San 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 Richinvelda
    San Giorgio della Richinvelda
    San 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 Pertiche
    San Giorgio delle Pertiche
    San 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 Lomellina
    San Giorgio di Lomellina
    San 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 Mantova
    San Giorgio di Mantova
    San 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 Nogaro
    San Giorgio di Nogaro
    San 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 Pesaro
    San Giorgio di Pesaro
    San 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 Piano
    San Giorgio di Piano
    San 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 Bosco
    San Giorgio in Bosco
    San 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 Ionico
    San Giorgio Ionico
    San 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 Molara
    San Giorgio La Molara
    San 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 Lucano
    San Giorgio Lucano
    San 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 Monferrato
    San Giorgio Monferrato
    San 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 Morgeto
    San Giorgio Morgeto
    San 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 Piacentino
    San Giorgio Piacentino
    San 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 Scarampi
    San Giorgio Scarampi
    San 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 Legnano
    San Giorgio su Legnano
    San 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 Giorgio
    Torre San Giorgio
    Torre 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 Giorgio
    Pieve di San Giorgio
    thumb|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 Palazzo
    San Giorgio al Palazzo
    San 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 Velabro
    San Giorgio al Velabro
    San 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 Greci
    San Giorgio dei Greci
    San 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 Nogaro
    San Giorgio di Nogaro
    San 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 Maggiore
    Church of San Giorgio Maggiore
    thumb|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 Monastery
    San Giorgio Monastery
    The 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 Giorgio
    Palazzo San Giorgio
    The 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 Maggiore
    Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore
    The 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 Sangiorgio
    Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio
    Giovanni 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 Giorgio
    Eusebio da San Giorgio
    Eusebio 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 Sangiorgio
    Abbondio Sangiorgio
    Abbondio 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 Maggiore
    San Giorgio Maggiore
    San 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 Alga
    San Giorgio in Alga
    San 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 Giorgio
    Monte San Giorgio
    Monte 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 class
    San Giorgio class amphibious transport dock
    Three 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
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