Santa Croce

Santa Croce is Italian for 'Holy Cross' and may refer to:


 * Santa Croce (Venice), one of the six sestieri (districts) of Venice, Italy.
 * The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Pontificia Università della Santa Croce) in Rome, Italy.
 * Many churches, including:
 * Santa Croce, Florence, built 1294–1385 and the burial place of several notable Italians
 * Santa Croce della Foce, Gubbio, Umbria, built in the 13th century
 * Basilica di Santa Croce (Lecce), built 1549–1646
 * Santa Croce, Parma, built 1222–1666
 * Santa Croce, Padua, built 1737–1749
 * Santa Croce in Fossabanda, Pisa, built 1325–19th century
 * Santa Croce e San Bonaventura alla Pilotta, Rome, built 1625–19th century
 * Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, consecrated around 325
 * Santa Croce alla Lungara, Rome, consecrated 1619
 * Santa Croce degli Armeni, Venice, built 13th century, consecrated 1688
 * Santa Croce in Via Flaminia, Rome, built 1913, consecrated 1981

People

 * House of Santacroce, a noble Roman family. To this belongs among others:
 * Prospero Santacroce, 16th-century cardinal
 * Fabiano Santacroce (born 1986), Italian-Brazilian football player
 * Isabella Santacroce (born 1970), Italian novelist
 * Girolamo Santacroce, a 16th-century Italian sculptor and painter

Places

 * Santa Croce sull'Arno, town in Tuscany
 * Santa Croce Camerina, town in Sicily

Villages

 * Santa Croce di Magliano, a commune in Campobasso, Molise
 * Santa Croce di Roccaromana, a commune in Caserta, Campania
 * Santa Croce del Sannio, a commune in Benevento, Campania