Gloria Explained

Gloria may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

Christian liturgy and music

• Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise
• Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise
  • Gloria (Handel)
  • Gloria (Jenkins)
  • Gloria (Poulenc), a 1959 composition by Francis Poulenc
  • Gloria (Vivaldi), a musical setting of the doxology by Antonio Vivaldi

Groups and labels

• Gloria (Brazilian band), a post-hardcore/metalcore band
• Gloria, later named Unit Gloria, a Dutch band with Robert Long as member

Albums

• Gloria (Disillusion album)
• Gloria!, an album by Gloria Estefan
• Gloria (Gloria Trevi album)
• Gloria (Okean Elzy album)
• Gloria (Sam Smith album)
• Gloria (Shadows of Knight album) (1966)
• Gloria (EP), an EP by Hawk Nelson

Songs

• "Gloria" (Enchantment song) (1976), a song later covered by Jesse Powell in 1996
• "Gloria" (Mando Diao song), a 2009 song by Mando Diao from Give Me Fire
• "Gloria" (Leon René song), a song released by The Cadillacs in 1954
• "Gloria" (The Lumineers song) (2019)
• "Gloria" (Them song), a song written by Van Morrison in 1964 and covered by artists including the Shadows of Knight and Patti Smith
• "Gloria" (Umberto Tozzi song) (1979), a song later covered by Laura Branigan in 1982
• "Gloria" (U2 song) (1981)
• "Gloria" (Yui song)
• "Gloria", a 1997 song by Mineral from the album The Power of Failing
• "Gloria", a 2013 song by Relient K from the album Collapsible Lung
• "Gloria", a 2014 song by The Midnight
• "Gloria", a 2016 song by Magic! from Primary Colours
• "Gloria", a 2019 song by Jain

Films

• Gloria (1977 film), a French film directed by Claude Autant-Lara
• Gloria (1980 film) (1980), a film by John Cassavetes
  • Gloria (1999 American film), a remake by Sidney Lumet
• Gloria (1999 Portuguese film), a film by Manuela Viegas
• Gloria (2013 film), a Chilean film
• Gloria (2014 film), a Mexican film
• Gloria! (film), a 2024 Italian–Swis film

Stage

• Gloria (ballet), a ballet by Kenneth MacMillan
• Gloria (opera), an opera by Francesco Cilea
• Gloria (play), a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Television

• Glória (2021 TV series), a Portuguese historical thriller series
  • Gloria (2022 TV series), a French drama series starring Cécile Bois Gloria (American TV series), a 1982 American series, All in the Family spin-off
• Gloria (South Korean TV series), a 2011 South Korean MBC television series

People and fictional characters

• Gloria (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
• Gloria (Bulgarian singer), Bulgarian pop/folk singer
• Gloria (Irish singer), best known for her version of "One Day at a Time"

Places

• Gloria, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in the United States
• Gloria, Oriental Mindoro, a municipality in the Philippines

Sports

• Gloria (basketball team), from Moldova
• Gloria (cycling team), an Italian professional cycling team that existed between 1927 and 1942
• Gloria Bistriţa, a Romanian soccer club
• Gloria Buzău (disambiguation), several Romanian sports clubs
• Grêmio Esportivo Glória, Brazilian soccer club

Ships

• ARC Gloria, a training ship of the Colombian Navy
• RV Gloria Michelle, a U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel in service since 1980
• SS Gloria (1917), a German cargo ship in service during 1939

Other uses

• Nissan Gloria, a Japanese automobile
• Gloria (heating system), a type of central heating system formerly used in Castile
• Hurricane Gloria (1985)
• Gloria Cultural Arena, a culture and music venue in Helsinki, Finland
• Gloria-Theater (Cologne)
• Gloria (magazine), a Croatian women's magazine
• , a Finnish women's magazine
• Gloria Material Technology Corp., a steelmaking company in Taiwan
• Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments, an international mountain environment monitoring program
• Global Research in International Affairs Center, an institute of the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel
• GLORIA sidescan sonar, a sonar system
• Gloria, an Indonesian Christian tabloid

See also

• Glória (disambiguation)
• Glory (disambiguation)