Ostia may refer to:

Places

Ostia (Rome) Ostia (, ; officially Lido di Ostia) is a large neighbourhood in the X Municipio of the ''comune'' of Rome, Italy, near the ancient port of Rome, which is now a major archaeological site known as Ostia Antica. Ostia is also the only or district ...

, a municipio (also called ''Ostia Lido'' or ''Lido di Ostia'') of Rome *

Ostia Antica Ostia Antica ("Ancient Ostia") is a large archaeological site, close to the modern town of Ostia (Rome), Ostia, that is the location of the harbour city of ancient Rome, 25 kilometres (15 miles) southwest of Rome. "Ostia" (plur. of "ostium") is a ...

, a township and port of ancient Rome *

Ostia Antica (district) Ostia Antica is the 35th ''zona'' of Rome, Italy, four kilometers away from the coast. It is identified by the initials Z. XXXV and it is distinct from Ostia. Ostia Antica belongs to Municipio X. History Under the Romans, Ostia Antica re ...

, a district of the commune of Rome

Arts and entertainment

* ''Ostia'' (film), a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Citti *A song by Sepultura from the 2006 album ''

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'' *A song by Coil from the 1986 album ''

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'' *A fictional region of the country Lycia in ''

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'' *A fictional city in the manga series ''Negima''; see

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People

Alberic of Ostia Alberic of Ostia (1080–1148) was a Benedictine monk, and Cardinal Bishop of Ostia from 1138 to 1148. He was born at Beauvais in France. He entered the monastery of Cluny and became its sub-prior and, later, prior of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, b ...

(1080–1148), Catholic Cardinal *

Asterius of Ostia Saint Asterius of Ostia (d. 3rd century AD) was a martyred priest. Information on this saint is based on the apocryphal ''Acts of Saint Callixtus''.Sabine Baring-Gould, ''The Lives of the Saints''. Vol. 2. (J. Hodges, 1877). Digitized June 6, ...

(died 223), Christian priest and martyr *

Hugh of Ostia (disambiguation) Hugh or Hugo of Ostia ( it, Ugo d'Ostia, link=no) may refer to: *Hugh of Ostia (died 1158), cardinal-bishop of Ostia from 1150 *Pope Gregory IX, born Ugolino, cardinal-bishop of Ostia in 1206–1227 * Hugh of Saint-Cher, cardinal-bishop of Ostia in ...

Leo of Ostia Leo Marsicanus (meaning "of the Marsi") or Ostiensis (meaning "of Ostia"), also known as Leone dei Conti di Marsi (1046, Marsica – 1115/7, Ostia), was a nobleman and monk of Monte Cassino around 1061 and Italian cardinal from the 12th cent ...

(1046–1110s), Catholic cardinal *

Quiriacus of Ostia Quiriacus was Bishop of Ostia, and suffered martyrdom during the reign of Emperor Severus Alexander. Quiriacus was martyred along with Maximus, his priest, and Archelaus, a deacon A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christia ...

(died 235), bishop and saint *

Theobald of Ostia Theobald of Ostia (french: Thibaut de Vermandois, italic=no or Thibaut de Nanteuil, it, Teodobaldo di Vermandois, italic=no; died 4 November 1188) was a French cardinal. He entered the Order of Benedictines of the Congregation of Cluny in his ...

(died 1188), Catholic bishop *

Aurea of Ostia Aurea of Ostia (or ''Aura''; in Greek, ''Chryse''; both names mean “golden girl”) is venerated as the patron saint of Ostia. According to one scholar, “ though the acta of Saint Aurea are pious fiction, she was a genuine martyr with a ver ...

(died mid-3rd century), patron saint of Ostia

Other

Bishop of Ostia The Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia is an ecclesiastical territory located within the Metropolitan City of Rome in Italy. It is one of the seven suburbicarian dioceses. The incumbent Bishop is cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. Since 11 ...

*The plural form of

ostium An ostium (plural ostia) in anatomy is a small opening or orifice. Ostium or ostia may refer to: Human anatomy * Ostium of fallopian tube * Ostium of the uterus (disambiguation) * Ostium primum of the developing heart * Ostium secundum ( foramen ...

, an anatomical term meaning a small opening **The plural form of

ostium (sponges) Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through th ...

, a pore present in sponges {{disambiguation, geo, hn