Named after a local Christian saint

Connected Sites: 12

WHS named after a Christian saint, only have saints directly connected IN PERSON with the site.

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Saint-Emilion
Inscribed: 1999
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Wiki: "The Town Was Named After The Monk ?Milion, A Travelling Confessor, Who Settled In A Hermitage Carved Into The Rock There In The 8th Century. It Was The Monks Who Followed Him That Started Up The Commercial Wine Production In The Area."
Saint Catherine Area
Inscribed: 2002
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After St. Catherine Of Alexandria (Whose Relics Were Purported To Have Been Miraculously Transported Here By Angels)
Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
Inscribed: 1983
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Saint Savin Was A Hermit And "One Of The First Christians To Have Evangelized The Lavedan Valley"
See Www.Argeles-Pyrenees.Com
Yuso and Suso Monasteries
Inscribed: 1997
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San Millan: Named After Millán, Who Settled Here In The 6th Century And Founded The First 'Monastery' At This Spot
Assisi
Assisi
Italy
Inscribed: 2000
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Saint Francis
Abu Mena
Inscribed: 1979
1.64
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After Saint Menas, Whose Body Is Said To Have Been Buried At This Spot
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Trinity Sergius Lavra
Inscribed: 1993
3.08
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The Trinity-Sergius Monastery Was Founded In The 1330s In The Forest To The North Of Moscow By The Monk Sergius. Sergius Was Canonized In 1422 And Declared The Patron Saint Of The Country.
Ferapontov Monastery
Inscribed: 2000
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Therapont (Ferapont) Of White Lake
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Skocjan Caves
Inscribed: 1986
3.64
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Skocjan Is The Name For St. Cantianus, A Local Patron Saint
San Marino and Mount Titano
Inscribed: 2008
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Ccording To A Legend, The First Community Was Founded By Saint Marino, "Who Had Reached This Place From His Birthplace In Dalmatia And Had Subsequently Chosen To Live Here As An Hermit." (Nomination File, P. 49)
Tell Umm Amer
Tell Umm Amer
Palestine
Inscribed: 2024
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".. Hilarion, A Native Of The Gaza Region And One Possible Father Of Palestinian Monasticism ... Hilarion Had Converted To Christianity In Alexandria And Then, Inspired By St Anthony, Become A Hermit First In Egypt And Then In His Home Region." (Wiki)
Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
Inscribed: 1994
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St. John Of Nepomuk: "In 1719, When The Roman Catholic Church Declared The Tongue Of John Of Nepomuk To Be Incorruptible, Work Started To Build A Church At Zelená Hora, Where The Future Saint Had Received His Early Education."
See En.Wikipedia.Org