Named after a local Christian saint

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

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Named after a local Christian saint':

  • Assisi Saint Francis
  • Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion Wiki: "The town was named after the monk Émilion, 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 After St. Catherine of Alexandria (whose relics were purported to have been miraculously transported here by angels)
  • Saint-Savin sur Gartempe Saint Savin was a hermit and "one of the first Christians to have evangelized the Lavedan valley"; link
  • Trinity Sergius Lavra Named after Saint Sergius, the patron saint of Russia, his body is kept in the cathedral.
  • Yuso and Suso Monasteries San Millan: named after Millán, who settled here in the 6th century and founded the first 'monastery' at this spot