Sveti Peter (; it, San Pietro dell'Amata) is a village in the
Municipality of Piran
The Municipality of Piran (; sl, Občina Piran, it, Comune di Pirano) is a municipality in the traditional region of the Littoral in southwestern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Piran. Piran became a municipality in 1994. ...
in the
Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
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.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Peter'' (literally, 'Saint Peter') to ''Raven'' (literally, 'plain') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name ''Sveti Peter'' was restored in 1992. The settlement is also known locally as ''Šupeter''.
[''Piransko podeželje / L'entroterra di Pirano.'' 2010. Piran: Občina Piran.]
Church
The local church is dedicated to
Saint Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
, occupa ...
.
References
External links
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Sveti Peter on GeopediaSveti Peter internet site
Populated places in the Municipality of Piran
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