Look up sancta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sancta may refer to: Scala Sancta, a set of 28 white marble steps that are Roman Catholic relics located...
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The Scala Sancta (English: Holy Stairs, Italian: Scala Santa) are a set of 28 white marble steps located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of...
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Sancta Maria refers to Saint Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. Sancta Maria may also refer to: Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw, a Trappist (Ordo Cisterciensis...
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Holy See (redirect from Sancta Sedes)
The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit. 'Holy Chair', Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsaŋkta ˈsedes]; Italian: Santa Sede [ˈsanta ˈsɛːde]), also called the See...
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Abraham a Sancta Clara (July 2, 1644 – December 1, 1709) was an Augustinian monk. He was born Johann Ulrich Megerle, in Kreenheinstetten, Germany. He was...
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The Sancta Sanctorum (Italian: Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Palatio ad Sancta Sanctorum) is a Roman Catholic chapel entered via the Scala Sancta (Holy Staircase)...
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Holy Land (redirect from Terra Sancta)
of the Holy Land Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הַקּוֹדֶשׁ Ereṣ haqQōdeš, Latin: Terra Sancta; Arabic: الأرض المقدسة Al-Arḍ Al-Muqaddasah or الديار المقدسة Ad-Diyar...
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The decree Haec sancta synodus ("This holy synod"), also called Haec sancta, was promulgated by the fifth session of the Council of Constance on April...
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Saint Columba (disambiguation) (redirect from Sancta Columba)
Saint Columba (521–597) was an Irish Christian saint who evangelized Scotland. Saint Columba may also refer to: Columba of Cornwall or Saint Columba the...
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Catholic Church (redirect from Sancta Romana Ecclesia)
(Latin: papa, lit. 'father'), whose jurisdiction is called the Holy See (Sancta Sedes in Latin). In parallel to the diocesan structure are a variety of...
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Sancta Maria is a Latin-language soprano aria arranged by Steven Mercurio based on the Intermezzo from the opera Cavalleria Rusticana, composed by Pietro...
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Holy League (redirect from Sancta Unio)
Commencing in 1332, the numerous Holy Leagues were a new manifestation of the Crusading movement in the form of temporary alliances between interested...
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Tomás de Santa María (redirect from Tomás de Sancta Maria)
Fr. Tomás de Santa María O.P. (also Tomás de Sancta Maria) (ca. 1510 – 1570) was a Spanish music theorist, organist and composer of the Renaissance. He...
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Hagia Sophia (redirect from Sancta Sophia)
(Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. 'Holy Wisdom'), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque...
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Holy door (redirect from Porta sancta)
A Holy Door (Latin: Porta Sancta) is traditionally an entrance portal located within the Papal major basilicas in Rome. The doors are normally sealed by...
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H. sancta may refer to: Halcyon sancta, a synonym of Todiramphus sanctus, the sacred kingfisher Hadena sancta, a species of moth This disambiguation page...
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John the Baptist (redirect from Sancta Iohannes)
John the Baptist (c. 1st century BC – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. He is also known...
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Iridopsis sancta is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. The MONA or Hodges number for Iridopsis sancta is 6579. "Iridopsis sancta Report"...
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Sancta Susanna is an early opera by Paul Hindemith in one act, with a German libretto by August Stramm. Composed over a two-week period in January/February...
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The Terra Sancta Museum is a network of museums managed by the Custody of the Holy Land and located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It originated from the...
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Alfonso de Cartagena (redirect from Alphonsus a Sancta Maria)
Alfonso de Santa María de Cartagena (variants: Alfonso de Carthagena, Alonso de Cartagena; 1384 in Burgos – 1456 in Villasandino) was a Jewish convert...
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Saint Veronica (redirect from Sancta Veronica)
Saint Veronica, also known as Berenike, was a widow from Jerusalem who lived in the 1st century AD, according to extra-biblical Christian sacred tradition...
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Sancta Maria College may refer to: Trocaire College, a private college in Buffalo, New York; name changed from Sancta Maria College in 1967 Sancta Maria...
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The Terra Sancta Church (Latin: Ecclesia Terra Sancta which means Holy Land Church), also alternatively Church of St. Francis, is the name given to one...
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Catocala nagioides (redirect from Ephesia sancta)
Binomial name Catocala nagioides (Wileman, 1924) Synonyms Ephesia nagioides Wileman, 1924 Ephesia sancta Catocala sancta Butler, 1885 (preocc. Hulst, 1884)...
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Virgin's veil (redirect from Sancta Camisa)
Chartres Cathedral from Constantinople in the 9th century. This relic, the Sancta Camisa, was not usually called a veil. It is usually described as a chemise...
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Sancta Maria, mater Dei (Holy Mary, mother of God), K. 273, is an act of Consecration to Blessed Virgin Mary in F major, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
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College of Cardinals (redirect from Sancta Romana Ecclesia, S.R.E.)
The College of Cardinals, more formally called the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. As of 28 September 2024...
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Anacamptis sancta, also called the Holy orchid, is a species of orchid closely related to Anacamptis coriophora that is found in the eastern Mediterranean...
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Saint Cecilia (redirect from Sancta Caecilia)
Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia), also spelled Cecelia, was a Roman Christian virgin martyr, who is venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and...
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