Santa Croce

is Italian for 'Holy Cross' and may refer to:

• Santa Croce (Venice), one of the six (districts) of Venice, Italy.
• The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross () in Rome, Italy.
• Many churches, including:
• Santa Croce, Florence, built 1294–1385 and the burial place of several notable Italians
• Santa Croce della Foce, Gubbio, Umbria, built in the 13th century
• Basilica di Santa Croce (Lecce), built 1549–1646
• Santa Croce, Parma, built 1222–1666
• Santa Croce, Padua, built 1737–1749
• Santa Croce in Fossabanda, Pisa, built 1325–19th century
• Santa Croce e San Bonaventura alla Pilotta, Rome, built 1625–19th century
• Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, consecrated around 325
• Santa Croce alla Lungara, Rome, consecrated 1619
• Santa Croce degli Armeni, Venice, built 13th century, consecrated 1688
• Santa Croce in Via Flaminia, Rome, built 1913, consecrated 1981

People

• House of Santacroce, a noble Roman family. To this belongs among others:
• Prospero Santacroce, 16th-century cardinal
• Cecilia Santacroce (born 1990), Italian archer
• Fabiano Santacroce (born 1986), Italian-Brazilian football player
• Isabella Santacroce (born 1970), Italian novelist
• Girolamo Santacroce, a 16th-century Italian sculptor and painter

Places

• Santa Croce sull'Arno, town in Tuscany
• Santa Croce Camerina, town in Sicily

Villages

• Santa Croce di Magliano, a commune in Campobasso, Molise
• Santa Croce di Roccaromana, a commune in Caserta, Campania
• Santa Croce del Sannio, a commune in Benevento, Campania

See also

• Santa Cruz (disambiguation)
• Sainte-Croix (disambiguation)
• Holy Cross (disambiguation)