Sion
Encyclopedia
In geography
- Sion, SwitzerlandSion, SwitzerlandSion is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. it had a population of .Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which, because of its location in a valley, causes a reasonable amount of noise pollution. FC Sion...
, the capital of the canton of Valais - Sion, GersSion, GersSion is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.-Population:...
, a municipality in France - Sion, Mumbai, a suburb of Mumbai
- Sion, NetherlandsSion, NetherlandsSion is a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Rijswijk. It is located on the border with Delft, and has a population of about 210.In 1345, the monastery Sancta Maria in Monte Sion was built in this area. It was demolished on the orders of the city of Delft in 1572, when Spanish troops approached...
, part of Rijswijk in South Holland - Sion, Czech RepublicSion, Czech RepublicSion is a small castle in the Czech Republic, near Kutná Hora. It has been founded between 1426 and 1427 by Hussite Jan Roháč of Dubá. After a successful four month siege the castle was conquered and burned by Emperor Sigismund's allies in 1437. Nowadays only scattered parts of the basement stone...
, a castle in the Czech Republic, near Kutná Hora - Sion MillsSion MillsSion Mills is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland on the River Mourne. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,050 people. It lies within the Strabane District Council area...
, a village in Northern Ireland - Saxon-SionSaxon-SionSaxon-Sion is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. In it are located the villages of Saxon and Sion....
, a municipality in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France
In religion
- Abbey of Our Lady of Mount ZionAbbey of Our Lady of Mount ZionThe Abbey of Our Lady of Mount Zion, often referred to by modern authors as the Abbey of Sion or Order of Sion, was a small mediaeval monastic order which, according to a papal bull of the 12th century, had abbeys on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, on Mount Carmel, in Southern Italy , and in France.The...
, a medieval monastic order founded by Godfrey de Bouillon in Jerusalem in 1090 - Bishop of SionBishop of SionThe Diocese of Sion is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the oldest bishopric in the country and one of the oldest north of the Alps. The cathedral at Sion, "Notre-Dame du Glarier" was fortified by walls and crowns one of the two hills on which...
, the head of the Diocese of Sion in Switzerland - Congregation of Notre-Dame de SionCongregation of Notre-Dame de SionThe Congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion is a Roman Catholic religious order of women founded in France in 1843 by Theodor Ratisbonne, encouraged by his brother Alphonse Ratisbonne, with the purpose of promoting the conversion of Jews to Christianity. The congregation established several educational...
, a Roman Catholic missionary organization created in 1843 to convert Jews and Muslims throughout Europe and Palestine - Priory of SionPriory of SionThe Prieuré de Sion, translated from French as Priory of Sion, is a name given to multiple groups, both real and fictitious. The most notorious is a fringe fraternal organisation, founded and dissolved in France in 1956 by Pierre Plantard...
, a French fraternal organization founded in 1956, and subsequent fictional organizations - Sion Abbey or Syon AbbeySyon AbbeySyon Monastery , was a monastery of the Bridgettine Order founded in 1415 which stood until its demolition in the 16th c. on the left bank of the River Thames within the parish of Isleworth, in the county of Middlesex on or near the site of the present Georgian mansion of Syon House...
, a medieval monastery in Middlesex, England - Sion CollegeSion CollegeSion College, in London, is an institution founded by Royal Charter in 1630 as a college, guild of parochial clergy and almshouse, under the 1623 will of Thomas White, vicar of St Dunstan's in the West....
, a body of Anglican priests in London, formerly containing a valuable library - Sion of Armenia, Catholicos of All Armenians (767-775)
Fictional characters
- Sion Eltnam Atlasia, a character in the dōjin fighter series Melty Blood by Type-Moon and French-Bread.
- Darth Sion, a character in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Other
- Sion Kölsch, a type of beer
- Sion's minimax theoremSion's minimax theoremIn mathematics, and in particular game theory, Sion's minimax theorem is a generalization of John von Neumann's minimax theorem.It states:Let X be a compact convex subset of a linear topological space and Y a convex subset of a linear topological space. If f is a real-valued function on X\times Y...
, a mathematical result in game theory - Ion Theodorescu-SionIon Theodorescu-SionIon Theodorescu-Sion was a Romanian painter and draftsman, known for his contributions to modern art and especially for his traditionalist, primitivist, handicraft-inspired and Christian painting. Trained in academic art, initially an Impressionist, he dabbled in various modern styles in the years...
, a Romanian artist
See also
- Scion (disambiguation)
- Zion (disambiguation)Zion (disambiguation)Zion is a hill in Jerusalem just outside the walls of the Old City. Most often, Zion is used as a synecdoche for Jerusalem and the Biblical land of Israel.Zion is another word for an idealized, harmonious community; utopia.Zion may also refer to:...
- Sioni (disambiguation)