Šent Jurij (; , commonly abbreviated as Št. Jurij) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

Municipality of Grosuplje The Municipality of Grosuplje (; ) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Grosuplje. It lies just south of the capital Ljubljana in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the C ...

in central

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. The area is part of the historical region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Jurij pri Grosupljem'' (literally, 'Saint George near Grosuplje') to ''Podtabor pri Grosupljem'' (literally, 'below the fort near Grosuplje') in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name was restored as ''Šent Jurij'' in 1992.

Church

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to

Saint George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...

() and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana (, ) is a Latin ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Slovenia.Gothic building that was restyled and rebuilt in 18th and 19th centuries.

References

External links

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Sveti Jurij on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Grosuplje {{Grosuplje-geo-stub