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St-Romain-de-Jalionas
Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas, Isère commune near Lyon, home of the Vernai archaeological site: a Gallo-Roman villa from about 40 BC with baths, hydraulic mill, and 2.5-hectare palace, plus a medieval castle.
St-Romain-de-Lerps
Saint-Romain-de-Lerps, a commune in the Ardèche (07130), France, on the plateau de Vernoux above the Rhône; Le Pic belvédère (649 m), château de Durtail ruins, Gallo-Roman Trou-de-l'Argentière mine.
St-Sylvestre
St-Sylvestre (Pleiades 167906) is the gazetteer entry for the Pont Romain, an arched stone bridge over the Duzon at Saint-Sylvestre, Ardeche, France; Roman or medieval in date, 13 m arch, Barrington Atlas 17 D4.
St-Yrieix-la-Perche
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Haute-Vienne commune in Limousin, France, heart of a historic gold district (Gallic aurières, 1982-2001 modern mines, 28.4 t gold) and of kaolin quarries feeding Limoges porcelain.
St. Alban nuclear power plant
The St. Alban nuclear power plant (French: centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban) is an EDF nuclear power station in Isère, France, 40 km south of Lyon, with two pressurized water reactors.
St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)
St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.) is a private Episcopal all-boys day and boarding school for grades 4-12 on Mount St. Alban at Washington National Cathedral, founded 1909 by Harriet Lane Johnston's bequest.
St. Andrew's School (Delaware)
St. Andrew's School (Delaware) is a coeducational, Episcopal boarding school founded in 1929. It is known for its 2,200-acre campus and commitment to financial aid.
St. Anger
St. Anger is Metallica's eighth studio album, released June 5, 2003 on Vertigo. Recorded amid Jason Newsted's exit and James Hetfield's rehab, with Bob Rock on bass, no guitar solos, a Grammy-winning title track, and famously divisive raw production.
St. Anthony High School (New Jersey)
St. Anthony High School was a Roman Catholic high school in Jersey City, New Jersey, founded in 1952 and known for coach Bob Hurley's basketball dynasty before closing in 2017.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida, founded by Spain in 1565, is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the United States, known for its Spanish colonial architecture and the Castillo de San Marcos.
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy): killing of Huguenot Protestants begun in Paris on 24 August 1572 during the French Wars of Religion, triggered by an attempt on Admiral Coligny after the royal wedding of Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois, with death estimates from 5,000 to 25,000 or higher.
St. Beuno
St. Beuno was a seventh-century Welsh abbot and missionary of royal birth who founded Clynnog Fawr and is regarded as the second saint of Wales after David.
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure University (SBU) is a private Catholic Franciscan university in St. Bonaventure, New York, founded in 1858 by Nicholas Devereux and Bishop John Timon, named after St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, a university since 1950 with over 3,000 students.
St. Catharines
St. Catharines, nicknamed the Garden City, is the largest city in Ontario's Niagara Region on Lake Ontario, an industrial city built around the Welland Canal and Harriet Tubman's 1850s home base.
St. Catherine University
St. Catherine University (St. Kate's), formerly the College of St. Catherine, is a private Catholic university in St. Paul, Minnesota founded in 1905 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Known for its College for Women, nursing and health programs, and Phi Beta Kappa first among Catholic colleges.
St. Catherine's Hill
St. Catherine's Hill, Winchester: Iron Age univallate hillfort in Hampshire with 9ha interior, 550-450 BC settlement, defences c. 250-200 BC, Norman chapel ruins, and the Mizmaze turf labyrinth; distinct from hills of the same name at Christchurch, the Isle of Wight, and Guildford.
St. Charles, Missouri
St. Charles, Missouri: historic Missouri River city founded 1769 by Louis Blanchette as Les Petites Cotes; Missouri's first state capital 1821-1826, 1804 Lewis and Clark departure point, 2020 population 70,493.
St. Clair Bayfield
St. Clair Bayfield (John St. Clair Roberts, 1875–1967), English-born Broadway character actor, common-law husband and manager of singer Florence Foster Jenkins from 1909 to 1944; namesake of the Actors' Equity Foundation's St. Clair Bayfield Award.
St. Clair Power Plant
The St. Clair Power Plant was a coal-fired power plant in East China Township, Michigan, operated by DTE Electric from 1953 until its retirement in 2022.
St. Clair's Defeat
St. Clair's Defeat, also called the Battle of the Wabash, was a 1791 victory of a Native confederacy over Arthur St. Clair's army, the worst defeat in US Army history.
St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud, Minnesota: central Minnesota city on the Mississippi River, united from three towns in 1856. Population 68,881 (2020), rising to an estimated 72,647 in 2025; third-largest Minnesota metro area, home of St. Cloud State University and a granite-industry heritage.
St. Cloud, MN Metro Area
The St. Cloud, MN Metro Area is a metropolitan statistical area in central Minnesota comprising Benton and Stearns counties, with St. Cloud as its principal city.
St. Denis Medical
St. Denis Medical is an NBC mockumentary workplace sitcom (premiered November 12, 2024) by Eric Ledgin and Justin Spitzer, set in an underfunded Oregon hospital, starring McLendon-Covey, Grier, Tolman, Lawson, Kim, Leeper, and Kauahi; renewed through season 3.
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston (Brighton), founded 1868/69 as St. Elizabeth's Hospital for Women; teaching hospital under Steward Health Care, seized by eminent domain in 2024, now Boston Medical Center – Brighton.
St. Elmo's fire
St. Elmo's fire, also called corposant, is a persistent blue or violet glow caused by electrical discharge on sharp conductors such as masts and aircraft during thunderstorms.
St. Elmo's Fire (film)
St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 Joel Schumacher ensemble drama, also called a Brat Pack film, about seven Georgetown graduates; released June 28, 1985 by Columbia, it grossed $37.8 million on a $10 million budget with a David Foster and John Parr soundtrack.
St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) is a 1985 rock song by John Parr, co-written and produced by David Foster for the St. Elmo's Fire soundtrack. Inspired by Rick Hansen's Man in Motion World Tour, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks and reached #6 in the UK.
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere: American NBC medical drama (1982–1988, 137 episodes) by MTM Enterprises, set at Boston's St. Eligius teaching hospital; 13 Emmys, Peabody Award, famous snow-globe finale, influence on ER.
St. Fiacc
St. Fiacc was a 5th-century Irish poet and bishop of Sletty in County Carlow, traditionally consecrated by St. Patrick as the first bishop in Leinster.
St. Finan
St. Finan (Fínán, died 661) was an Irish monk of Iona who became the second bishop of Lindisfarne, succeeding St Aidan and leading the Northumbrian church for about ten years.