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Loreto - Definition and Overview

Loreto is the Italian word for laurel-wood. There are many towns by that name, among which:

In Italy

  • Loreto, in Ancona province, a town with a Marian shrine that is the origin of the wide dissemination of the name
  • Loreto (AT), in Asti province
  • Loreto (NO), in Novara province
  • Loreto (PG, 1), in Perugia province
  • Loreto (PG, 2), also in Perugia province
  • Loreto Aprutino, in Pescara province

Elsewhere

The Marian shrine has also given its name to very many schools and colleges throughout the world.

See also

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