Places
Many town and villages are named after the saint, including the following comuni, or ‘municipalities’:
- Castel San Giorgio, in the Province of Salerno
- Monforte San Giorgio, in the Province of Messina
- Porto San Giorgio, in the Province of Ascoli Piceno
- San Giorgio a Cremano, in the Province of Napoli
- San Giorgio a Liri, in the Province of Frosinone
- San Giorgio Albanese, in the Province of Cosenza
- San Giorgio Canavese, in the Province of Torino
- San Giorgio del Sannio, in the Province of Benevento
- San Giorgio della Richinvelda, in the Province of Pordenone
- San Giorgio delle Pertiche, in the Province of Padova
- San Giorgio di Lomellina, in the Province of Pavia
- San Giorgio di Mantova, in the Province of Mantova
- San Giorgio di Nogaro, in the Province of Udine
- San Giorgio di Pesaro, in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino
- San Giorgio di Piano, in the Province of Bologna
- San Giorgio in Bosco, in the Province of Padova
- San Giorgio Ionico, in the Province of Taranto
- San Giorgio la Molara, in the Province of Benevento
- San Giorgio Lucano, in the Province of Matera
- San Giorgio Monferrato, in the Province of Alessandria
- San Giorgio Morgeto, in the Province of Reggio Calabria
- San Giorgio Piacentino, in the Province of Piacenza
- San Giorgio Scarampi, in the Province of Asti
- San Giorgio su Legnano, in the Province of Milano
- Torre San Giorgio, in the Province of Cuneo
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