Sveto (; ) 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 ...

northwest of

Komen Komen (, or ''Comeno'') is a settlement in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Komen. It is located on the Karst Plateau in the Slovenian Littoral. Name Komen was attested in written sources in 1247 as ''Cominum'' (and as ''Cumin'' ...

in the

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region of

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Name

Sveto was attested in written sources in 1347 as ''Suta'' (and as ''ze Nider/Obern Zawtt'' in 1485, ''Szawt'' in 1494, and ''Sutta'' in 1763–87). In the local dialect it is known as ''Sətu''. The medieval inscriptions (including the

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forms with ' < ''ū'') and the dialect name indicate that the modern Slovene name is a

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of ''*Suto'', which is of unclear origin and may belong to a pre-Slavic

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Mass grave

Sveto is the site of a

mass grave A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may Unidentified decedent, not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of exec ...

from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Preserje Cave Mass Grave () is located between Sveto and

Ivanji Grad Ivanji Grad (; ) is a village west of Komen in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The small church in the settlement is dedicated to The Finding of the True Cross and belongs to the Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, ...

. It contains the remains of a large number of unidentified people scattered across the entire rubble-covered slope of the shaft. A partial exhumation in 2015 yielded the remains of 23 victims.

Church

The local church is dedicated to

Saint Giles Saint Giles (, , , , ; 650 - 710), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 7th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly legendary. A ...

and belongs to the Parish of Komen.Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008

References

External links

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Sveto on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Komen {{Komen-geo-stub