San Giorgio is the Italian form of Saint George. When used as the name of a person it is frequently contracted to Sangiorgio.
Buildings Churches bearing this dedication include: Duomo of San Giorgio, Ragusa, Sicily Pieve di San Giorgio, Argenta San Giorgio, Siena, Siena San Giorgio al Palazzo, Milan San Giorgio Cathedral, Modica, mother church of Modica, province of Ragusa, Sicily 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 San Giorgio in Velabro, Rome San Giorgio, Brescia, Brescia, Lombardy San Giorgio, Portofino San Giorgio Maggiore (church), Venice
Other buildings with the name: Palazzo San Giorgio, Genoa San Giorgio Monastery, Venice Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, a confraternity house in Venice
Businesses Banco di San Giorgio (1987–2012), an Italian bank Bank of Saint George (), 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.
People People with the name San Giorgio or Sangiorgio include: Abbondio Sangiorgio (1798–1879), a Milanese sculptor Eusebio da San Giorgio (), an Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio (died 1509), Italian canon lawyer and Cardinal of Alessandria The Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore (active between 1440 and 1470), an Italian painter of illuminated manuscripts
Places
Comuni Many towns and villages are named after the saint, including the following communes (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 Bigarello, in the province of Mantova 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 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
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
Transportation San Giorgio-class cruiser, class of Italian armoured cruisers San Giorgio (Genoa Metro), a metro station on the Genoa Metro 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, a 1908 oil painting by Claude Monet
See also
San Giorgio Maggiore (disambiguation)