is Italian for 'Holy Cross' and may refer to: * Santa Croce (Venice), one of the six (districts) of Venice, Italy. * The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross ( it, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, italic=no) in Rome, Italy. * Many churches, including: ** Santa Croce, Florence, built 1294–1385 and the burial place of several notable Italians **

Santa Croce della Foce The small church of Santa Croce della Foce is a medieval Roman Catholic church in the lower town of Gubbio, Umbria, in Italy. There is a church of the same name in Sarno in Campania. History The church was built in the 13th-century at the site of a ...

, Gubbio, Umbria, built in the 13th century **

Basilica di Santa Croce (Lecce) Basilica di Santa Croce ( Italian for 'Basilica of the Holy Cross') is a Baroque style church that was completed in 1695 in Lecce, Apulia, Italy. History Walter VI, Count of Brienne, had founded in the current church's location a monastery in t ...

, built 1549–1646 **

Santa Croce, Parma Santa Croce is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church, located on the piazza of the same name, along via Emilia in the quartiere of Oltretorrente of Parma, Region of Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl ...

, built 1222–1666 **

Santa Croce, Padua Santa Croce is a Roman Catholic church located on Corso Vittorio Emanuele 178 in Padua, Veneto region, Italy. History The church arose adjacent to the oratory of Sant Croce or ''Sala del Redentore''. Documents from 1181 state a chapel at the site ...

, built 1737–1749 ** Santa Croce in Fossabanda, Pisa, built 1325–19th century **

Santa Croce e San Bonaventura alla Pilotta Santa Croce e San Bonaventura alla Pilotta or Santa Croce e di San Bonaventura dei Lucchesi is a church in Rome, sited on via dei Lucchesi in the Trevi district, between the Trevi Fountain and the Pontificia Università Gregoriana. It is Lucca's ...

, Rome, built 1625–19th century ** Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, consecrated around 325 **

Santa Croce alla Lungara Santa Croce alla Lungara is a church in Rome (Italy), in the Rione Trastevere, facing on Via della Lungara. It is also called ''Santa Croce delle Scalette, due to the presence of a double flight of stairs (Italian: ''scale'') giving access fro ...

, Rome, consecrated 1619 **

Santa Croce degli Armeni Santa Croce degli Armeni or Holy Cross Armenian Church is a church in Venice, on Calle dei Armeni, near St Mark's Basilica. It is the national church of the Armenian community in Venice. History The first contacts between Armenian merchants and ...

, Venice, built 13th century, consecrated 1688 **

Santa Croce in Via Flaminia Santa Croce in Via Flaminia is a basilica church dedicated to the Holy Cross on the Via Flaminia in Rome, Italy. Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint-George has its seat ther History It was first built in 1913 by the architect Aristide ...

, Rome, built 1913, consecrated 1981

People

* House of Santacroce, a noble Roman family. To this belongs among others: **

Prospero Santacroce Prospero Pubblicola Santacroce (24 September 1514 – 2 October 1589) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Santacroce was born in Rome on September 24, 1514, the son of Tarquinio Santacroce and Ersilia de' Massimi. He wa ...

, 16th-century cardinal *

Fabiano Santacroce Whellington Fabiano Santacroce (born 24 August 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender in the centre or on the left. He was born in Brazil to an Italian father and an Afro-Brazilian mother, then spending his ...

(born 1986), Italian-Brazilian football player *

Isabella Santacroce Isabella Santacroce (born April 30, 1970 in Riccione) is an Italian novelist. Biography Isabella Santacroce was born and lives in Riccione. Her literary startup began in the 1990s with her debut novel ''Fluo'', the first book of the trilogy "T ...

(born 1970), Italian novelist *

Girolamo Santacroce Girolamo Santacroce (c. 1502 – c. 1537) was a 16th-century Italian sculptor and medalist of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. i ...

, a 16th-century Italian sculptor and painter

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Santa Croce sull'Arno Santa Croce sull'Arno is an Italian town in the province of Pisa, Tuscany. The city has a leather industry, with more than 400 factories and laboratories spread over its total area. Notable people *Giovanni Lami Giovanni Lami (8 November 169 ...

, town in Tuscany *

Santa Croce Camerina Santa Croce Camerina ( scn, Santa Cruci Camarina) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, in southern Italy. As of 2017 its population was of 10,973. Geography The municipal territory of Santa Croce is surrounded by the one of ...

, town in Sicily

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Santa Croce di Magliano Santa Croce di Magliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about northeast of Campobasso. The settlement was formerly inhabited by an Arbëreshë community, who have since assimilated ...

, a commune in Campobasso, Molise *

Santa Croce di Roccaromana Roccaromana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about northwest of Caserta. People *Antonio Senese Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin der ...

, a commune in Caserta, Campania *

Santa Croce del Sannio Santa Croce del Sannio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northeast of Naples and about 30 km north of Benevento. Santa Croce del Sannio borders the following ...

, a commune in Benevento, Campania

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