Named after a local Christian saint

Connected Sites: 12

WHS named after a Christian saint, only have saints directly connected IN PERSON with the site.

Connected Sites

  • Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.98
    118
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    Saint Savin Was A Hermit And "One Of The First Christians To Have Evangelized The Lavedan Valley"
    See Www.Argeles-Pyrenees.Com
  • Yuso and Suso Monasteries
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.95
    145
    5
    San Millan: Named After Millán, Who Settled Here In The 6th Century And Founded The First 'Monastery' At This Spot
  • Trinity Sergius Lavra
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.08
    118
    5
    The Trinity-Sergius Monastery Was Founded In The 1330s In The Forest To The North Of Moscow By The Monk Sergius. Sergius Was Canonized In 1422 And Declared The Patron Saint Of The Country.
  • Skocjan Caves
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.64
    282
    10
    Skocjan Is The Name For St. Cantianus, A Local Patron Saint
  • Tell Umm Amer
    Palestine
    Inscribed: 2024
    0
    0
    ".. Hilarion, A Native Of The Gaza Region And One Possible Father Of Palestinian Monasticism ... Hilarion Had Converted To Christianity In Alexandria And Then, Inspired By St Anthony, Become A Hermit First In Egypt And Then In His Home Region." (Wiki)
  • Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.77
    177
    9
    St. John Of Nepomuk: "In 1719, When The Roman Catholic Church Declared The Tongue Of John Of Nepomuk To Be Incorruptible, Work Started To Build A Church At Zelená Hora, Where The Future Saint Had Received His Early Education."
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • San Marino and Mount Titano
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.45
    374
    8
    Ccording To A Legend, The First Community Was Founded By Saint Marino, "Who Had Reached This Place From His Birthplace In Dalmatia And Had Subsequently Chosen To Live Here As An Hermit." (Nomination File, P. 49)
  • Saint-Emilion
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.01
    238
    8
    Wiki: "The Town Was Named After The Monk ?Milion, A Travelling Confessor, Who Settled In A Hermitage Carved Into The Rock There In The 8th Century. It Was The Monks Who Followed Him That Started Up The Commercial Wine Production In The Area."
  • Saint Catherine Area
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.50
    133
    8
    After St. Catherine Of Alexandria (Whose Relics Were Purported To Have Been Miraculously Transported Here By Angels)
  • Ferapontov Monastery
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.03
    33
    3
    Therapont (Ferapont) Of White Lake
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Assisi
    Assisi
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.75
    329
    8
    Saint Francis
  • Abu Mena
    Inscribed: 1979
    1.64
    68
    6
    After Saint Menas, Whose Body Is Said To Have Been Buried At This Spot
    See En.Wikipedia.Org