Saint Syrus (other)
Saint Syrus or St Syrus may refer to: * Syrus of Genoa (died 381), bishop of Genoa * Syrus of Pavia (fl. 1st century AD), bishop of Pavia See also * San Siro, football stadium * Siro (other) Siro may refer to: * Siro (name) * Syrus of Genoa, saint * Syrus of Pavia, saint * ''Siro'' (harvestman), a genus of harvestmen in the family Sironidae See also * Siros, Pyrénées-Atlantiques * Syros Syros ( ), also known as Siros or Syra, i ...

Syrus Of Genoa
Saint Syrus of Genoa () (died around June 29, 381 AD) was a priest and later bishop of Genoa during the fourth century AD. Life Born at Struppa, a neighborhood of Genoa, he had a reputation for holiness and zeal. He succeeded Saint Felix as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa, bishop of Genoa, having previously been parish priest at Saint Romulus (or "San Remo"). He died at an advanced age of natural causes and was buried in the city. He is the main patron of the city of Genoa. Miracles As a boy, Saint Syrus is reputed to have brought his pet blackbird back to life by means of his saliva. Later, walking with his father in the hills above, he wished that a boat making for port might be still, whereupon the wind died and the ship came to a halt as if at anchor. Asking his father for permission to go on board, St. Syrus expressed his wish the boat might land, whereupon the wind returned and the boat freely entered the harbor. A legend holds that the bishop was able to banish a bas ...
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Syrus Of Pavia
Syrus of Pavia (), also spelled Sirus, is traditionally said to have been the first bishop of Pavia during the 1st century. His legend, according to the 14th century source known as the '' De laudibus Papiæ'' (''In the Praise of Pavia''), states that Syrus was the boy with the five loaves who appears in the Gospels. As Hippolyte Delehaye writes, "To have lived amongst the Saviour's immediate following was...honorable...and accordingly old patrons of churches were identified with certain persons in the gospels or who were supposed to have had some part of Christ's life on earth." Syrus is said to have followed Peter to Rome and from there he was sent to the Po valley to preach and convert the people to the Christian faith. He preached in all of the major cities of northern Italy. Another tradition, dating back to the 8th century, makes Syrus a disciple of Hermagoras, who in turn was the disciple of Mark the Evangelist. Hermagoras was the founder of the diocese of Aquileia. ...
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San Siro
San Siro is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy. It has a seating capacity of 75,817, making it the largest stadium in Italy and one of the largest stadiums in Europe. It is the home stadium of the city's principal professional football clubs, AC Milan and Inter Milan, who contest the Derby della Madonnina. On 3 March 1980, the stadium was named in honour of Giuseppe Meazza, the two-time World Cup winner (1934, 1938) who played for Inter (and briefly for other teams like Milan) in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and served two stints as Inter's manager. The San Siro is a UEFA category four stadium. It hosted three games at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, the opening ceremony and six games at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, three games at the UEFA Euro 1980 and four European Cup finals, in 1965, 1970, 2001 and 2016. The stadium will also host the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina. History Construction of the stadium commen ...
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