Sancta Maria

Sancta Maria refers to Saint Mary, mother of Jesus Christ.

Sancta Maria may also refer to:

Places

• Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw, a Trappist (Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae) monastery
• Sancta Maria College, girls Catholic voluntary secondary school in Ballyroan, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin
• Sancta Maria College, New Zealand, co-ed Catholic School in Auckland, New Zealand
• Sancta Maria, Mater et Regina, Seminarium (also known as Saint Mary, Mother and Queen, Seminary), major seminary of the Archdiocese of Capiz, Philippines

People

• Alphonsus a Sancta Maria, or Alphonso de Cartagena (1396–1456), Spanish historian
• Honoratus a Sancta Maria (1651–1729), French Discalced Carmelite, known as a prolific controversialist. (secular name Blaise Vauxelles, also known by the French version of the name, Honoré de Sainte-Marie)
• Tomás de Sancta María (ca. 1510 – 1570), Spanish music theorist, organist and composer of the Renaissance

Music

• "Sancta Maria" (song), a classical aria based on the Intermezzo from the opera Cavalleria rusticana, composed by Pietro Mascagni
• "Sonata sopra Santa Maria" ("Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis"), a section of Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)

See also

• Sancta (disambiguation)
• Saint Mary (disambiguation)
• Santa Maria (disambiguation)
• Sainte-Marie (disambiguation)
• Saint Mary's (disambiguation)