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.
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[edit] Places
Many town and villages are named after the saint, including the following comuni, or ‘municipalities’:
- Castel San Giorgio, in the Province of Salerno
- Monforte San Giorgio, in the Province of Messina
- Porto San Giorgio, in the Province of Ascoli Piceno
- San Giorgio a Cremano, in the Province of Napoli
- San Giorgio a Liri, in the Province of Frosinone
- San Giorgio Albanese, in the Province of Cosenza
- San Giorgio Canavese, in the Province of Torino
- San Giorgio del Sannio, in the Province of Benevento
- San Giorgio della Richinvelda, in the Province of Pordenone
- San Giorgio delle Pertiche, in the Province of Padova
- San Giorgio di Lomellina, in the Province of Pavia
- San Giorgio di Mantova, in the Province of Mantova
- San Giorgio di Nogaro, in the Province of Udine
- San Giorgio di Pesaro, in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino
- San Giorgio di Piano, in the Province of Bologna
- San Giorgio in Bosco, in the Province of Padova
- San Giorgio Ionico, in the Province of Taranto
- San Giorgio la Molara, in the Province of Benevento
- San Giorgio Lucano, in the Province of Matera
- San Giorgio Monferrato, in the Province of Alessandria
- San Giorgio Morgeto, in the Province of Reggio Calabria
- San Giorgio Piacentino, in the Province of Piacenza
- San Giorgio Scarampi, in the Province of Asti
- San Giorgio su Legnano, in the Province of Milano
- Torre San Giorgio, in the Province of Cuneo
[edit] Buildings
Churches bearing this dedication include:
- The Pieve di San Giorgio, Argenta
- San Giorgio (Siena), a church in Siena
- San Giorgio al Palazzo, Milan
- San Giorgio al Velabro, Rome
- San Giorgio dei Greci, Venice
- San Giorgio di Nogaro Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
Other buildings with the name:
- San Giorgio Monastery, Venice
- Palazzo San Giorgio, Genoa
[edit] People
People with the name San Giorgio or Sangiorgio include:
- The Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore (active between 1440 and 1470), an Italian painter of illuminated manuscripts
- Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio (died 1509), Italian canon lawyer and Cardinal of Alessandria
- Eusebio da San Giorgio (c.1470–c.1550), an Italian painter
- Abbondio Sangiorgio (1798–1879), a Milanese sculptor
[edit] Other
San Giorgio may also refer to:
- San Giorgio Maggiore, an island in Venice
- San Giorgio in Alga, an island of the Venetian lagoon
- Monte San Giorgio, a Swiss mountain
- San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk, a 1908 oil painting by Claude Monet
- The San Giorgio class, Italian Navy amphibious landing ship
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