Loreto is Italian for laurel-wood. A town in Italy named Loreto holds an important Christian shrine, which led to the spread of the name to many countries. It may refer to:

Places

Argentina

  • Loreto, Santiago del Estero
  • Loreto, Misiones

Bolivia

  • Loreto, Beni

Brazil

  • Loreto, Maranhão

Ecuador

  • Loreto Canton, in the province of Orellana

Italy

  • Loreto, Marche, home of the Basilica della Santa Casa after which the other shrines are named
  • Loreto Aprutino, Pescara

Mexico

  • Loreto, Baja California Sur
  • Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur
  • Loreto, Zacatecas

Paraguay

  • Loreto, Concepción department

Peru

  • Department of Loreto

Philippines

  • Loreto, Agusan del Sur
  • Loreto, Dinagat Islands

Switzerland

  • Loreto, Switzerland, a district of Lugano

Other

  • Loreto (meteorite), found in 1896 in Baja California Sur, Mexico
  • Loreto (Milan Metro), a subway station on the Line 1 of Milan Metro
  • Nicolás del Campo (full name "Nicolás Francisco Cristóbal del Campo, Marquis of Loreto", 1725–1803), sometimes referred to as "Viceroy Loreto"

People

  • Loreto Carbonell (1933–2017), Filipino basketball player
  • Loreto Cucchiarelli (1943–2025), Italian rugby union player and coach
  • Loreto Di Franco (1578–1638), Roman Catholic prelate
  • Loreto Garza (born 1962), former American boxer and light welterweight world champion
  • Loreto Tuñón Ginés (born 2007), Spanish gymnast
  • Loreto Silva (born 1964), Chilean deputy minister

See also

  • Loreta (disambiguation)
  • Loreto College (disambiguation), list of schools named Loreto College or Loreto School
  • Loreto Department
  • Loreto Municipality (disambiguation)
  • Loretto (disambiguation)
  • Litany of Loreto
  • Notre Dame de Lorette, the name of a ridge, basilica, and French national cemetery northwest of Arras at the village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
  • Sisters of Loreto, a women's Catholic religious order founded by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward, in 1609
  • Basilica della Santa Casa, Holy House of Loreto