up Ostia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ostia may refer to: Ostia (Rome), a municipio (also called Ostia Lido or Lido di Ostia) of Rome Ostia Antica...
Ostia Antica (lit. 'Ancient Ostia') is an ancient Roman city and the port of Rome located at the mouth of the Tiber. It is near modern Ostia, 25 km (16 mi)...
Aurea of Ostia (or Aura; in Greek, Chryse; both names mean “golden girl”) is venerated as the patron saint of Ostia. There is no historically reliable...
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...
Santa Monica di Ostia is a 20th-century parochial church in the Lido di Ostia, Rome dedicated to Saint Monica. The church was built in 1968–72. "When...
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. According...
ostia and pinacocytes consume them by phagocytosis (engulfing and intracellular digestion). Particles from 0.5 μm to 50 μm are trapped in the ostia,...
established by Claudius and enlarged by Trajan to supplement the nearby port of Ostia. The archaeological remains of the harbour are near the modern-day Italian...
The naval Battle of Ostia took place in 849 in the Tyrrhenian Sea between a Muslim fleet and an Italian league of Papal, Neapolitan, Amalfitan, and Gaetan...
where it is joined by the River Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino. It drains a basin estimated at 17,375 km2 (6,709 sq mi)....
the front. An example can be seen in the House of the Painted Vaults in Ostia Antica. Embedded in this counter were dolia, earthenware jars used to store...
The Ostia Synagogue is an ancient synagogue located in ancient Ostia, the seaport of Imperial Rome. It is one of the oldest synagogues in the world, the...
The preservation and extensive excavations at Ostia Antica have brought to light 26 different bath complexes in the town. These range from large public...
Hugh or Hugo of Ostia (Italian: Ugo d'Ostia) may refer to: Hugh of Ostia (died 1158), cardinal-bishop of Ostia from 1150 Pope Gregory IX, born Ugolino...
novels for children by Caroline Lawrence. The first book, The Thieves of Ostia, was published in 2001, finishing with The Man from Pomegranate Street,...
The fallopian tubes, also known as uterine tubes, oviducts or salpinges (sg.: salpinx), are paired tubes in the human female body that stretch from the...
diocese. Notable parts of the city belong to the dioceses of Ostia and Porto-Santa Rufina. Ostia is administered together with the Vicariate of the city and...
December 1198. In 1206 he was promoted to the rank of Cardinal Bishop of Ostia e Velletri. He became Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals in 1218 or...
Basilica of Santa Aurea is a church situated in the Ostia Antica district of Ostia, Italy. Ostia became an episcopal see as early as the 3rd century AD...
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An ostium (pl.: ostia) in anatomy is a small opening or orifice. Ostium or ostia may refer to: Ostium of fallopian tube Ostium...
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...
Associazione Sportiva Ostia Mare Lido Calcio is an Italian association football club located in Ostia, a frazione of Rome, Lazio. It currently plays in...
organized a league of Italian cities who fought and won the sea Battle of Ostia against the Saracens. A Roman by birth, Leo received his early education...
1050. Before his papacy, Urban was the grand prior of Cluny and bishop of Ostia. As pope, he dealt with Antipope Clement III, infighting of various Christian...
the largest of the sinuses and drains into the middle meatus. Most of the ostia open into the middle meatus and the anterior ethmoid, that together are...
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