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St Mark's Basilica

St Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco) is the cathedral of Venice and seat of the Patriarch of Venice, begun in 1063 and famous for its Byzantine domes and glass mosaics.

St Mark's Clock

St Mark's Clock is the astronomical clock on the Clock Tower at the entrance to the Merceria in St Mark's Square, Venice, inaugurated in 1499.

St Mark's Hospital

St Mark's Hospital is a London hospital specializing entirely in intestinal and colorectal medicine. Founded in 1835 by Frederick Salmon, it is now based at Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal.

St Martin-in-the-Fields

St Martin-in-the-Fields is an 18th-century Neoclassical Church of England church on the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square, London, designed by James Gibbs and built 1722 to 1726.

St Martin's Church, Canterbury

St Martin's Church, Canterbury, also known as the Church of St. Martin, is an Anglican parish church reputed to be the oldest in England, where Queen Bertha worshipped before 597.

St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School (SMRT) is a Church of England voluntary aided comprehensive in central Bristol for ages 11-18, formed by a 1967 merger, with a large sixth form of about 700 students and Good Ofsted grades from 2025.

St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim

St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim, Germany, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985: Ottonian Romanesque churches founded by Bishop Bernward, with the 1015 bronze doors, the Bernward column, and the painted Tree of Jesse ceiling.

St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney

St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney: Catholic school founded 1824 by Fr John Therry beside St Mary's Cathedral; choir school of Australia's oldest choir (1818); Christian Brothers 1911–2015; Sydney Catholic Schools co-ed K–12 from 2025.

St Mary's Church (United Kingdom)

St Mary's Church, a widespread United Kingdom church dedication; notable examples include Southampton (1878-84, G.E. Street, gutted in WWII, rebuilt 1954-6), Grade I High Offley, Sandwich, and CCT-cared-for Akenham and Luddenham.

St Mary's Hospital, London

St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London: NHS acute hospital founded 1845, opened 1851, run by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; home of London's busiest major trauma centre, Fleming's penicillin discovery, and a planned £2.2bn 800-bed rebuild.

St Mary's School, Shaftesbury

St Mary's School, Shaftesbury: Catholic girls' independent boarding and day school (ages 9-18) founded 1945 by the IBVM at Coombe House; closed 30 September 2020, site bought by Dorset Council for a SEND school.

St Mary's Stadium

St Mary's Stadium, Southampton FC's home ground since 2001, also called The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium (2001-2006). All-seater bowl of 32,384 seats near the River Itchen, built for £32m to replace The Dell.

St Matthew Passion

St Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), BWV 244, Bach's two-part oratorio for double choir and double orchestra on Matthew 26-27, premiered Good Friday 1727 in Leipzig, revived by Mendelssohn in 1829.

St Michael's College, Dublin

St Michael's College, Dublin (roll 60561G): fee-paying Catholic boys' school on Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4, founded 1944 by the Spiritans, extended to secondary level in 1975; 731 pupils in 2025/26, noted as a leading Irish rugby feeder school.

St Michael's Mount

St Michael's Mount (Karrek Loos yn Koos) is a Cornish tidal island off Marazion with a medieval castle and former Benedictine priory of Mont-Saint-Michel, now a National Trust site and St Aubyn family home reached by causeway or boat.

St Mirren F.C.

St Mirren F.C., Paisley club named after the town's patron saint, founded 1877, Scottish Premiership side, fan-owned via SMISA since 2021, three Scottish Cups, 2025 League Cup winners, home at the SMiSA Stadium.

St Nazaire Raid

Operation Chariot, the St Nazaire Raid of 28 March 1942: British Royal Navy and Commando attack that rammed explosive-laden HMS Campbeltown into the Normandie dry dock, denying the Tirpitz Atlantic repairs.

St Nedelya Church assault

The St Nedelya Church assault was a terrorist bombing by the Bulgarian Communist Party's Military Organization at Sofia's St Nedelya Cathedral on 16 April 1925, killing 213.

St Olave's Church, Hart Street

St Olave's Church, Hart Street: Grade I listed medieval City of London church founded around 1050, dedicated to St Olaf of Norway; survived the Great Fire, burial place of Samuel Pepys, damaged in the 1941 Blitz and restored 1951–54.

St Pancras railway station

St Pancras railway station, officially London St Pancras International, is a central London terminus on Euston Road, opened in 1868 and the Eurostar terminal since 2007.

St Patrick's Athletic F.C.

St Patrick's Athletic F.C. (the Saints), Irish football club founded 1929 in Inchicore, Dublin, playing at Richmond Park in the League of Ireland Premier Division; 9 league titles (2001/02 disputed), 5 FAI Cups.

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin is the Church of Ireland national cathedral of Ireland, founded in 1191, with its present Gothic building dating from 1220 to 1259.

St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth

St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth (Coláiste Phádraig, Maigh Nuad) is Ireland's national Catholic seminary founded in 1795, a Pontifical University since 1896, sharing a campus but legally separate from Maynooth University since 1997.

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of London on Ludgate Hill, designed by Christopher Wren and built from 1675 to 1711 after the Great Fire of 1666.

St Paul's Cathedral School

St Paul's Cathedral School, at 2 New Change, London, is the co-educational choir school of St Paul's Cathedral, founded in the 12th century, housed in a Grade II 1962–7 building incorporating Wren's St Augustine tower, with girls admitted from 2024.

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne: Anglican cathedral at Flinders and Swanston Streets, seat of the Archbishop of Melbourne. Designed by William Butterfield, built 1880–1891, spires by John Barr completed 1933.

St Paul's School, London

St Paul's School is a boys' independent day and boarding school in Barnes, London, founded in 1509 by John Colet and governed by the Mercers' Company; distinct from St Paul's Girls' School and St Paul's Cathedral School.

St Peter's School, York

St Peter's School, York is a co-educational independent day and boarding school for ages 2–18 on a 50-acre Clifton campus. Traced to AD 627 by St Paulinus, re-founded in 1557, it is York Minster's choir school with about 1,300 pupils.

St Peters Church, Flawford

St Peter's Church, Flawford (Flawforth) was a lost medieval parish church east of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, built on a Roman villa site, demolished 1773-1779, and famous for the Flawford Alabasters found in 1779.

St Petersburg Imperial University

St Petersburg Imperial University (Императорский Санкт-Петербургский университет) was the university of the Russian capital, founded by Peter I in 1724, re-established in 1819, and a center of the 1899 and 1905 student movements.