Šentvid pri Lukovici ( or ; german: Sankt Veit''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 22.) is a settlement in the

Municipality of Lukovica The Municipality of Lukovica (; sl, Občina Lukovica) is a municipality in the eastern part of the Upper Carniola region in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Lukovica pri Domžalah. It lies on the main road from Ljubljana to Celje and h ...

in the eastern part of the

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region of

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Šent Vid'' to ''Šentvid pri Lukovici'' in 1955.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. In the past the German name was ''Sankt Veit''.

Church

The local church, which the settlement gets its name from, is dedicated to

Saint Vitus Vitus (), whose name is sometimes rendered Guy or Guido, was a Christian martyr from Sicily. His surviving hagiography is pure legend. The dates of his actual life are unknown.Basil Watkins, ''The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical D ...

( sl, sveti Vid).

References

External links

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Šentvid pri Lukovici on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Lukovica {{Lukovica-geo-stub