Ave Maria

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Ave Maria (Latin for Hail, Mary) may refer to:

• Hail Mary, a traditional Catholic and Eastern Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus
• Ave Maria, Florida, a new university town near Naples, Florida, in Collier County
• Ave Maria Lane, a street near St Paul's Cathedral in London
• Ave Maria Press, a Catholic book publisher

In music:

• "Ave Maria" (Gounod), a popular and much recorded aria by Charles Gounod, based on a piece by Bach
• "Ave Maria" (Giulio Caccini), an aria by Vladimir Vavilov, ascribed to Giulio Caccini
• "Ave Maria" or "Ellens dritter Gesang", a composition by Franz Schubert
• "Ave Maria", a choral setting by Anton Bruckner
• "Ave Maria", a choral setting by Franz Biebl, made famous by the vocal ensemble, Chanticleer
• "Ave Maria", an aria by Giuseppe Verdi, from Otello

In schools:

• Ave Maria University, Roman Catholic university in southwest Florida
• Ave Maria College, branch campus of Ave Maria University in Florida
• Ave Maria College of the Americas, in Nicaragua
• Ave Maria College, Melbourne, a Catholic secondary college for girls in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Ave Maria School of Law, a Roman Catholic law school in Ann Arbor, Michigan

[edit] See also

• Hail Mary (disambiguation)