is Italian for 'Holy Cross' and may refer to: *

Santa Croce (Venice) Santa Croce is one of the six sestiere (Venice), sestieri of Venice, northern Italy. During the eleventh century, in 1273, it was administered by the Hungarian nobleman and crusader knight Giovanni, member of one of the biggest Christian familie ...

, one of the six (districts) of Venice, Italy. * The

Pontifical University of the Holy Cross Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (, ) is a Roman Catholic university under the Curial Congregation for Catholic Education, now entrusted to the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, or more commonly called Opus Dei. It was started i ...

() in Rome, Italy. * Many churches, including: **

Santa Croce, Florence The ( Italian for 'Basilica of the Holy Cross') is a minor basilica and the principal Franciscan church of Florence, Italy. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 metres southeast of the Duomo, on what was once marshland beyond ...

, 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 ...

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

Basilica di Santa Croce (Lecce) The Basilica of the Holy Cross () is a Baroque architecture, Baroque-style church (building), church completed in 1695 in Lecce, Apulia, Italy. History Walter VI, Count of Brienne, had founded a monastery in the 14th century in the current chur ...

, 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, Italy. History First consecrated in 1222, the structure ha ...

, 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 sit ...

, built 1737–1749 **

Santa Croce in Fossabanda, Pisa Santa Croce in Fossabanda is a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church and monastery in Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. History The region where the monastery was founded had been swampy and dredged initially by the 11- ...

, 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 The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem or Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme () is a Catholic Minor basilica and titular church in rione Esquilino, Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome. According to Christia ...

, Rome, consecrated around 325 ** Santa Croce alla Lungara, Rome, consecrated 1619 ** Santa Croce degli Armeni, Venice, built 13th century, consecrated 1688 ** Santa Croce in Via Flaminia, 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. He was active in Church affairs as a diplomat and prelate in Rome. Biography Santacroce was born in Rome on September 24, 1 ...

, 16th-century cardinal * Fabiano Santacroce (born 1986), Italian-Brazilian football player * Isabella Santacroce (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 ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest ci ...

, a 16th-century Italian sculptor and painter

Places

Santa Croce sull'Arno Santa Croce sull'Arno is an Italian town in the province of Pisa, Tuscany Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence ...

, town in Tuscany *

Santa Croce Camerina Santa Croce Camerina () is a town and in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, in southern Italy. As of 2017 its population was of 10,973. History In 2014, the town was scene to the Santa Croce Camerina crime. Geography The municipal territory of ...

, town in Sicily

Villages

* Santa Croce di Magliano, a commune in Campobasso, Molise * Santa Croce di Roccaromana, 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 northeast of Naples and about north of Benevento. Santa Croce del Sannio borders the municipalities of Castelpagano ...

, a commune in Benevento, Campania

People

Places

Villages

See also