San Giorgio

San Giorgio, is the Italian form of Saint George. When used as the name of a person it is frequently contracted to Sangiorgio.

Comuni
Many towns and villages are named after the saint, including the following comuni, or municipalities:


 * Carrara San Giorgio, one of two constituent municipalities of Due Carrare in the Province of Padua
 * Castel San Giorgio, in the Province of Salerno
 * Monforte San Giorgio, in the Province of Messina
 * Porto San Giorgio, in the Province of Fermo
 * 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
 * Giurgiu, Romania, which some claim is named for Saint George

Frazione

 * San Giorgio (Cascia), in the Province of Perugia

Geography

 * Monte San Giorgio, a Swiss mountain
 * San Giorgio in Alga, an island of the Venetian lagoon
 * San Giorgio Maggiore, an island in Venice

Buildings
Churches bearing this dedication include:
 * The Pieve di San Giorgio, Argenta
 * San Giorgio, Brescia, a church near Porta Bruciata, in Brescia, Lombardy
 * San Giorgio, Portofino
 * San Giorgio (Siena), a church in Siena
 * San Giorgio al Palazzo, Milan
 * San Giorgio dei Greci, Venice
 * San Giorgio di Nogaro Friuli Venezia Giulia
 * San Giorgio in Braida, Verona
 * San Giorgio in Poggiale, Bologna, a deconsecrated church and now art and history library in Bologna
 * San Giorgio in Velabro, Rome
 * Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
 * San Giorgio Cathedral, Modica, mother church of Modica, Province of Ragusa, Sicily
 * Duomo of San Giorgio, Ragusa, a church in Ragusa Ibla, Sicily
 * Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, a confraternity house in Venice

Other buildings with the name:
 * San Giorgio Monastery, Venice
 * Palazzo San Giorgio, Genoa

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

Business

 * Banco di San Giorgio (1987–2012), an Italian bank
 * Bank of Saint George (Italian: Casa delle compere e dei banchi di San Giorgio), the oldest chartered bank, established in 1407
 * San Giorgio pasta, founded in Lebanon, PA in 1914; acquired by Hershey Foods in 1966; acquired by Riviana Foods Inc. in 2017.

Transportation

 * San Giorgio (Genoa Metro), a metro station on the Genoa Metro
 * Italian cruiser San Giorgio, an armored cruiser of the Regia Marina in the early 20th century
 * San Giorgio class amphibious transport dock, an Italian Navy amphibious landing ship
 * Viadotto Genova-San Giorgio, a viaduct in Genoa, Italy.

Other

 * Compagnia di San Giorgio, the name of several groups of 14th century Italian mercenaries
 * San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk (Monet), a 1908 oil painting by Claude Monet