Severin

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Severin, Séverin or Severinus may refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Fictional characters 4 Firms 5 See also

[edit] Places

• Drobeta-Turnu Severin, a region in Romania
• Severin, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia
• Severin na Kupi, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
• Saint-Séverin (Paris), a church in Paris, France
• Severin, Germany, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

[edit] People

• any of several early or medieval Christian saints, including
  • Severin of Cologne, 4th Century
  • Saint Severinus of Noricum, the Apostle to Noricum, 5th Century
  • Saint Severinus of Septempeda, 5th Century
  • A hermit who lived on the site of the current Saint-Séverin church in the 5me Arrondissement of Paris
• Severin Roesen (ca. 1815-1872), a painter known for his still lifes of flowers and fruit
• Arban Severin, American composer, musician and film actress. Wife of Steven Severin
• Jakob Severin, who helped establish Ilulissat
• Jay Severin, an American radio show host
• John Severin, cartoonist
• Mark Severin, British artist (1906-1987) specialising in erotic art, especially bookplates
• Steven Severin, British musician and composer, member of Siouxsie & the Banshees
• Tim Severin, explorer and writer

[edit] Fictional characters

• Severin von Kusiemski, a character in the novel Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
• Severin, a character in the movie Shortbus. The character, a dominatrix, presumably adopted her name as a reference to the character in Venus in Furs
• Severin Winter, a character who is a wrestling prodigy in The 158-Pound Marriage, a novel by John Irving
• Severin, Severin, a character appearing in the Velvet Underground song "Venus in Furs", which is based upon the aforementioned novel, Venus in Furs.

[edit] Firms

• Severin Elektro GmbH, a German electric appliance manufacturer

[edit] See also

• Severino