Saint Sylvester

Saint Sylvester

Saint Sylvester or Silvester may refer to:

*Sylvester I, the Catholic saint and pope
**New Year's Eve, Saint Silvester's feast day
**Saint Silvester Marathon, the most important street race in Brazil
*Saint Sylvester Gozzolini
*St. Silvester, a commune in Switzerland

ee also

*San Silvestre
*San Silvestro
*Saint-Sylvestre (disambiguation)


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