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St. Peter's Basilica

St. Peter's Basilica (Basilica di San Pietro) is the papal basilica in Vatican City, Rome, built between 1506 and 1626 over the tomb of Saint Peter.

St. Peter's Square

St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro), Bernini's 1656–1667 elliptical plaza before St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City: 284-column colonnade, 140 statues, Egyptian obelisk, papal audiences and ceremonies.

St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF, ПМЭФ) is an annual Russian business and economics conference in St. Petersburg, initiated in 1996 to attract foreign investment and nicknamed "Putin's Davos."

St. Petersburg paradox

St. Petersburg paradox: coin-flip gamble paying 2^n dollars, introduced by Nicolaus Bernoulli in 1713, solved via utility by Daniel Bernoulli (1738); infinite expected value, small real bids.

St. Petersburg Street Circuit

St. Petersburg Street Circuit: temporary 1.8-mile, 14-turn street-airport course in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, using Albert Whitted Airport runway; hosts the Firestone Grand Prix, the INDYCAR season opener.

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida, the Sunshine City, is Pinellas County's largest city on the Pinellas peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Founded in 1888 by Peter Demens, population about 264,000, home of the Tampa Bay Rays at repaired Tropicana Field.

St. Pierre Cathedral

St. Pierre Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre) names several Saint Peter cathedrals: Geneva's 1160–1230 Protestant cathedral, Beauvais's unfinished 48.50 m-vault Gothic giant, Lisieux's first Norman Gothic cathedral, and Poitiers's Angevin Gothic cathedral.

St. Poppo

St. Poppo (978–1048) was a Flemish-born Benedictine abbot who governed Stavelot-Malmedy from 1020 until his death and led monastic reform in Lotharingia, influencing about 27 Benedictine institutions.

St. Raphael Church II (Banganarti)

St. Raphael Church II (the Raphaelion or Upper Church) at Banganarti, Sudan, is a church built circa 1070 AD near Old Dongola in Makuria, a major Archangel Raphael pilgrimage and healing center with royal murals and nearly a thousand Greek and Old Nubian pilgrim inscriptions.

St. Scholastica's College, Manila

St. Scholastica's College, Manila (SSC Manila) is a Catholic Benedictine school founded December 3, 1906 by Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing in Tondo, now in Malate; known for music education, women's studies, and alumnae including Corazon Aquino.

St. Simons, Georgia

St. Simons Island, Georgia: the largest and most populated of the Golden Isles barrier islands in Glynn County, never privately owned, with about 16,800 residents, a historic 1810 lighthouse, and an armored, eroding oceanfront.

St. Stephen's Basilica

St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent István-bazilika) is the largest Roman Catholic church in Budapest and a co-cathedral, built from 1851 to 1905 and named for Hungary's first Christian king.

St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom) is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Vienna and seat of its archbishop; its Gothic south tower, 136 meters tall, is Austria's tallest church tower.

St. Stephen's College, Delhi

Established in 1881 by the Cambridge Mission to Delhi, St. Stephen's College is a Christian minority institution and a constituent college of the University of Delhi.

St. Tammany Parish Public Schools

St. Tammany Parish Public Schools, operated by the elected St. Tammany Parish School Board, is Louisiana's 4th largest school district, serving about 37,000 students in 55 schools.

St. Thomas Aquinas College

St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) is a Catholic liberal arts college in Sparkill, New York, founded in 1952 by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill; it enrolls about 2,000 students across four schools, fields 22 Division II Spartans teams, and is MSCHE-accredited, distinct from similarly named colleges.

St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Florida)

St. Thomas Aquinas High School (STA), Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Roman Catholic co-ed college-prep school in the Archdiocese of Miami, founded 1936 via St. Anthony/Central Catholic; 2,074 students, 29 AP courses, Cambridge partner, nationally known athletics.

St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, Chennai

St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, commonly called San Thome Basilica, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Santhome neighborhood of Chennai, India, built over the traditional tomb of the Apostle Thomas.

St. Thomas Christians

The St. Thomas Christians, also called Nazranis, are the ancient Syriac-rite Christian community of Kerala, India, whose tradition holds Saint Thomas founded it in 52 AD.

St. Thomas Church, Leipzig

St. Thomas Church (Thomaskirche) is a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany, where Johann Sebastian Bach worked as Thomaskantor from 1723 until his death in 1750.

St. Ulrich

St. Ulrich is a Gallo-Roman archaeological site at Dolving near Sarrebourg, Moselle, France: a villa estate with baths, a sanctuary, and about 30 annex buildings, first excavated 1894–1897 and again 1963–1983.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House

St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House (In Your House 27) was a WWF pay-per-view on February 14, 1999 at the Memphis Pyramid, Tennessee; attendance 19,028; main event steel cage Austin vs. McMahon with Big Show's WWF debut.

St. Vincent (film)

St. Vincent is a 2014 American comedy-drama, Theodore Melfi's directorial debut, starring Bill Murray as a misanthrope who becomes an unlikely mentor to his new neighbor's 12-year-old son in Brooklyn.

St. Vincent (musician)

St. Vincent is the stage name of Annie Clark (born 1982), the Tulsa-born, Dallas-raised indie rock and art-pop guitarist and songwriter, formerly of The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens's band, with seven albums and six Grammys.

St. Vincent–St. Mary High School

St. Vincent-St. Mary High School (STVM), Fighting Irish, is a Marianist-sponsored Catholic college-preparatory high school in Akron, Ohio, formed by the 1972 merger of St. Mary (1897) and St. Vincent high schools; alma mater of LeBron James.

St. Vitus Cathedral

St. Vitus Cathedral, also known as Katedrála svatého Víta, is the largest church in the Czech Republic, standing within Prague Castle as the coronation and burial site of Czech kings.

St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

St. Xavier's College, Mumbai: Jesuit-run Christian minority college founded in 1869, empowered autonomous under the University of Mumbai, NAAC A+, NIRF rank 89, admits via XET or merit.

St. Xavier's Collegiate School

St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata: Jesuit boys' school founded 16 January 1860 by Fr. Henri Depelchin on the former Sans Souci Theatre site; CISCE-affiliated, motto Nihil Ultra, alumni include Tagore, J.C. Bose, and Sourav Ganguly.

St.319 Entertainment

St.319 Entertainment is a Vietnamese entertainment agency and music label that grew out of a K-pop dance crew founded in Hanoi in 2011, managing artists including Min, Erik, MONSTAR, and AMEE.

St.George Bank

St.George Bank is an Australian retail banking brand of Westpac, which acquired St George Bank Limited in 2008; before the merger it was Australia's fifth-largest bank.