title: Sancta Maria
text: # 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)
  