Santa Maria Explained

Santa Maria, Sta. Maria or Santa María is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, in languages such as Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

It may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

• "Santa Maria" (Tatjana song), released 1995
• "Santa Maria" (Kenshi Yonezu song), released 2013
• "Santa Maria", 1976 song by Canadian rock band Trooper
• "Santa Maria", 1980 song by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis, a.k.a. Oliver Onions
• "Santa Maria", 1999 song by German band In Extremo
• "Santa Maria", 2001 song by Gotan Project
• "Santa Maria", 2001 song by The Frames
• "Santa María", a 2019 song by Bad Gyal featuring Busy Signal

Other media

• Santa Maria (operetta) by Oscar Hammerstein I
• Santa Maria, early title of the 2017 film Richie

Churches

Italy

Florence

• Florence Cathedral or Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore
• Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence
• Santa Maria dei Candeli
• Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
• Santa Maria Novella, basilica

Rome

• Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
• Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
• Basilica of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
• Santa Francesca Romana, Rome, or Santa Maria Nova
• Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto
• Santa Maria della Consolazione
• Santa Maria della Pace
• Santa Maria della Pietà in Camposanto dei Teutonici
• Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome
• Santa Maria in Cosmedin
• Santa Maria in Trastevere
• Santa Maria in Via Lata
• Santa Maria Maddalena
• Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Venice

• Abbazia della Misericordia or Santa Maria dell'Abbazia della Misericordia
• Gesuati, or Santa Maria del Rosario
• Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice
• Santa Maria della Salute
• Santa Maria Formosa
• Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Basilica
• Santa Maria Zobenigo or Santa Maria del Giglio

Other places in Italy

• Santa Maria del Regno, Ardara
• Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi
• Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo
• Church of Santa Maria Assunta (Esine)
• Sant'Angelo (Milan) or Santa Maria degli Angeli
• Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Milan
• Santa Maria di Montedoro, Montefiascone
• Santa Maria in Strada, Monza
• Santa Maria degli Angeli, Murano
• Santa Maria e San Donato, Murano
• Santa Donna Regina Nuova or Santa Maria Donna Regina Nuova, Naples
• Santa Maria della Catena, Naples
• Santa Maria di Costantinopoli, Naples
• Santa Maria Donna Regina Vecchia, Naples
• Martorana or Church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, Palermo
• Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia
• Santa Maria di Canepanova, Pavia
• Santa Maria della Catena, Palermo
• Santa Maria della Spina, Pisa
• Santa Maria delle Carceri, Prato
• Santa Maria in Organo, Verona

Portugal

• Church of Santa Maria do Olival, a church in Tomar
• Jerónimos Monastery#Church of Santa Maria, a church in Lisbon

Spain

Asturias

• Church of Santa María de Celón
• Church of Santa María de Junco
• Santa María de la Corte
• Church of Santa María de Llas
• Church of Santa María de Sabada
• Church of Santa María de Sariegomuerto
• Church of Santa María de Villanueva

Other places in Spain

• Church of Santa María de Bendones
• Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor (Toro)
• Santa María de Melque, Toledo
• Santa María del Naranco, Oviedo

United States

• Iglesia San Isidro Labrador y Santa María de la Cabeza, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico

People

• Antonia Santa María (born 1982), Chilean actress
• Cara Santa Maria (born 1983), American science educator and blogger
• Domingo Santa María (1825–1889), Chilean president
• Jodi Sta. Maria (born 1982), Filipina actress

Places

Argentina

• Santa María, Catamarca
• Santa María Department (disambiguation), two departments in Argentina
• Santa María de Punilla
• Santa María, Misiones
• Santa María, Salta
• Santa María del Buen Ayre, old name of Buenos Aires
• Santa María Centro, Santa Fe
• Santa María Norte, Santa Fe

Brazil

• Santa Maria, Federal District
• Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Norte
• Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Maria das Barreiras, Pará
• Santa Maria da Boa Vista, Pernambuco
• Santa Maria do Cambucá, Pernambuco
• Santa Maria do Herval, Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Maria de Itabira, Minas Gerais
• Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espírito Santo
• Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro
• Santa Maria do Oeste, Paraná
• Santa Maria do Pará, Pará
• Santa Maria do Salto, Minas Gerais
• Santa Maria da Serra, São Paulo
• Santa Maria do Suaçuí, Minas Gerais
• Santa Maria do Tocantins, Tocantins
• Santa Maria da Vitória, Bahia

Cape Verde

• Santa Maria, Cape Verde

Chile

• Santa María, Chile

Colombia

• Santa María, Huila
• Santa María, Boyacá

El Salvador

• Santa María, Usulután

Guatemala

• Santa María Cahabón
• Santa María Chiquimula
• Santa María de Jesús
• Santa María Ixhuatán
• Santa María Visitación
• Santa María (volcano)

Italy

• Santa Maria Nuova, Marche, a comune in Marche
• Santa Maria di Castellabate, a town in Campania
• Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi

Malta

• Tigné Point, originally known as Punta di Santa Maria

Mexico

• Misión Santa María de los Ángeles, Baja California
• Santa María de los Ángeles, Jalisco
• Santa María del Oro, Durango
• Santa María del Oro, Nayarit
• Santa María del Río, San Luis Potosí
• Santa María, Oaxaca (disambiguation), several places

Panama

• Santa María District, Panama
• Santa María, Herrera

Paraguay

• Santa María, Paraguay, a city and district

Peru

• Santa María District, Huaura, a district in Huaura province
• Santa María del Mar (Peru), a district in Lima province

Philippines

• Santa Maria, Bulacan, a first-class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan
• Santa Maria, Davao Occidental
• Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur
• Santa Maria, Isabela
• Santa Maria, Laguna
• Santa Maria, Pangasinan
• Santa Maria, Romblon

Portugal

• Santa Maria (Tavira), a civil parish in the municipality of Tavira
• Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo, a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança
• Cabo de Santa Maria (Faro), a cape south of Faro; the southernmost point of mainland Portugal
• Santa Maria Island, in the eastern group of the Azores

Romania

• Sântă Măria, a river in Sălaj County
• Sântă Măria, a village in the commune Sânmihaiu Almașului, Sălaj County

Spain

Barcelona

• Santa Maria de Besora, Osona
• L'Esquirol, Osona, known as Santa Maria de Corcó until 2014
  • • Santa Maria de Martorelles Santa Maria de Merlès Santa Maria de Miralles
• Santa Maria de Palautordera
• Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona
• Santa Maria d'Oló

Burgos

• Santa María del Campo
• Santa María del Invierno
• Santa María del Mercadillo
• Santa María Ribarredonda

Other places in Spain

• El Pla de Santa Maria, Tarragona
• El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz
• Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
• Santa María de Sando, Salamanca
• Santa María del Páramo, León
• Santa María La Antigua, Valladolid

Switzerland

• Santa Maria in Calanca
• Santa Maria Val Müstair

United States

• Santa Maria, California
• Santa Maria, Texas
• Santa Maria Estate, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Santa Maria Valley AVA, California wine region

Vanuatu

• Gaua, formerly known as Santa Maria Island

Transport

• Santa María (ship), used by Christopher Columbus
• Spanish frigate Santa María
• Santa María (Mexibús), a BRT station in Tultitlán, Mexico
• Santa Maria, a cruise liner hijacked in 1961
• AL-60B-1 Santa Maria, variant of the Aermacchi AL-60

Other uses

• Santa Maria (building), a skyscraper in Miami, Florida, United States
• Santa Maria (crater), on Mars
• Sta. Maria F.C., a football club

See also

• List of churches consecrated to Santa Maria Assunta
• Maria Maddalena (disambiguation)
• Marie-Madeleine (disambiguation)
• Maria Magdalena (disambiguation)
• Mary Magdalene (disambiguation)
• Santa Maria Airport (disambiguation)
• Santa Maria Island (disambiguation)
• Santa María la Real (disambiguation)
• Santa Maria River (disambiguation)
• Santamaria (disambiguation)