Spina
Spina (Latin for thorn , sting ) denotes:
- Spina (wall) , the central dividing line or wall between a Roman double gate and the ancient circus
- Spina (city) , an Etruscan trading town in the mouth of the Po
- Church of Santa Maria della Spina , church in Pisa, Italy
- in medicine, a protruding structure, e.g. B. Spina scapulae , see shoulder blade
Spina is the family name of the following people:
- Alphonso de Spina († 1491), Spanish Catholic bishop
- Angelo Spina (* 1954), Italian clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo
- Bartolomeo de Spina (1475–1546), Italian Dominican
- Carl Anton Spina (1827–1906), Austrian music publisher
- Carlo Carafa della Spina († 1680), Bishop of Aversa, Cardinal and Apostolic Nuncio
- Dave Spina (* 1983), Italian-American ice hockey player
- Franz Spina (1868–1938), Czechoslovak politician
- Giuseppe Spina (1756–1828), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
- Harold Spina (1906–1997), American song composer
- Joanie Spina († 2014), American illusionist
- Johannes de Spina (1642–1689), German legal scholar
- Joey Spina (born 1977), American boxer
- Lane Spina (* 1962), American freestyle skier
- Maria Grazia Spina (born 1936), Italian actress
- Peter de Spina I (1526–1569), German doctor
- Peter de Spina II (also Petrus de Spina ; 1563–1622), German doctor and university professor
- Peter de Spina III. (also Petrus de Spina ; 1592–1655), German doctor and university lecturer
- Segismundo Spina (1921–2012), Brazilian Romanist and Lusitanist
- Sergio Spina (* 1928), Italian director and screenwriter
See also:
- Carafa della Spina di Traetto
- Spina bifida , a neural tube malformation
- La Spina