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A sanctuary is a place of safety.

Sanctuary or The Sanctuary or Sanctuaries may also refer to:

Fictional settings

• Sanctuary, a fictional location in Saint Seiya
• Sanctuary, the setting of the Diablo series
• Sanctuary, the city setting of the Thieves' World shared universe series
• Sanctuary, a fictional community in The Walking Dead
• Sanctuary Fortress, a region in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
• Sanctuary, a base of operation of the Marvel Comics character Thanos
  • Sanctuary, an asteroid field where Thanos resides in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
  • Sanctuary II, Thanos' large warship in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Film

• Sanctuary (1933 film), a Mexican drama film
• Sanctuary (1961 film), a drama film starring Lee Remick
• Sanctuary (2001 film), an American film
• Sanctuary (2006 film), a film by Clive Collier documenting the work of Lisa Gerrard
• Sanctuary (short film), a 2009 re-mixable science fiction film
• Sanctuary (2015 film), a German film
• Sanctuary (2022 film), an American film

Literature

• Sanctuary (Angel novel) (2003)
• Sanctuary (Faulkner novel), a 1931 William Faulkner novel
• Sanctuary (Lackey novel), a 2005 novel in The Dragon Jousters tetralogy by Mercedes Lackey
• Sanctuary (manga), a 1990 manga by Sho Fumimura
• Sanctuary (McIntee novel) (1995)
• Sanctuary (play), a 1994 play by David Williamson
• Sanctuary, a Dragonlance novel by Paul B. Thompson and Tonya C. Cook
• Sanctuary, a magazine published by the Massachusetts Audubon Society

Music

General

• Sanctuary Records, a British record label
• The Sanctuary (recording studio), a recording studio in Battersea, London, England
• The Sanctuary, a disco music nightclub in 1970's New York starring Francis Grasso
• Sanctuary (band), a heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington
• Sanctuary (tour), a concert tour by Within Temptation
• Sanctuary Music Arena, a former dance venue in Milton Keynes, England
• The Sanctuary, former name of the Digbeth Institute music venue in Birmingham, England

Albums

• Sanctuary (The J. Geils Band album), 1978
• Sanctuary (New Musik album), 1981
• Sanctuary (The Passions album), 1982
• Sanctuary (Twila Paris album), 1991
• Sanctuary (Dave Douglas album), 1997
• Sanctuary (Charlie Musselwhite album), 2004
• Sanctuary (Simon Webbe album), 2005
• Sanctuary (Irish charity album), 2008
• Sanctuary, an album by Kanon

EPs

• Sanctuary (Lovelyz EP), 2018
• Sanctuary (Aly & AJ EP), 2019

Songs

• "Sanctuary" (Iron Maiden song), 1980
• "Sanctuary" (Utada song), 2005
• "Sanctuary" (Nami Tamaki song), 2006
• "Sanctuary" (Gabriella Cilmi song), 2008
• "Sanctuary" (Gareth Emery song), 2010
• "Sanctuary" (Joji song), 2019
• "Sanctuary", a song by Miles Davis from Bitches Brew, 1970
• "Sanctuary", a song by New Musik from From A to B, 1980
• "Sanctuary", a song by Madonna from Bedtime Stories, 1994
• "Sanctuary", a song by Delta Goodrem from Mistaken Identity, 2004
• "Sanctuary", a song by B'z from The Circle, 2005
• "Sanctuary", a song by Cavalera Conspiracy from Inflikted, 2008
• "Sanctuary", a song by Korn from The Path of Totality, 2011
• "Sanctuary", a song by Markus Feehily from Fire, 2015
• "Sanctuary", a song by Aly & AJ from Sanctuary, 2019
• "Sanctuary", a song by Brett Kissel from The Compass Project, 2023
• "Sanctuary", a song by Dion DiMucci, 1971
• "Sanctuary", a song by Welshly Arms, 2018
• "The Sanctuary", a song by Darling Violetta on the soundtrack for Angel: Live Fast, Die Never

Places

• Sanctuary, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Sanctuary, Texas, United States
• Sanctuary, Shkodër, a church-mosque building and Cultural Monument of Albania
• The Sanctuary, a Neolithic archaeological site in Wiltshire, England
• The Sanctuary (Derby), a local nature reserve in Derby, England
• The Sanctuary (Seattle), townhouse and former church building

Television

Series

• Sanctuary (Canadian TV series), a 2008–11 Canadian science fiction-fantasy series starring Amanda Tapping
• Sanctuary, a 2019 Swedish TV series starring Josefin Asplund
• Sanctuary (Japanese TV series), a 2023 Japanese Netflix series revolving around professional sumo
• Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale a 2024 American supernatural drama based on the 2020 novel Sanctuary: A Novel of Suspense, Witchcraft, and Small Town Secrets by V.V. James

Episodes

• "Sanctuary" (Angel), a 2000 episode of Angel
• "Sanctuary" (Falling Skies), a 2011 episode of Falling Skies
• "Sanctuary" (Grey's Anatomy), a 2010 episode of Grey's Anatomy
• "Sanctuary", a 1994 episode of Law & Order
• " Sanctuary!", a 2015 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants
• "Sanctuary" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), a 1993 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• "Sanctuary" (Stargate Atlantis), a 2005 episode of Stargate Atlantis
• "Sanctuary" (The Twilight Zone), a 2002 episode of The Twilight Zone
• " Chapter 4: Sanctuary", a 2019 episode of The Mandalorian

Other uses

• Sanctuary (sculpture), a wooden sculpture by Martin Puryear
• USS Sanctuary (AH-17), a 1944 United States Navy hospital ship
• The Sanctuary (community), a 1920s utopian community in England
• Animal sanctuary, a type of protected natural habitat
• Heavenly sanctuary in Christian theology, emphasized by Seventh-day Adventists
• Sanctuary city, a city that does not enforce immigration laws
• Sanctuary Housing a United Kingdom housing association

See also

• Sanctuary Asia, an environmental Indian magazine
• Sanctuary movement, an effort by U.S. churches to shelter Central American refugees during the 1980s
• Santuario (disambiguation)

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