A sanctuary is a place of safety.
Sanctuary or The Sanctuary or Sanctuaries may also refer to:
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 The Sanctuary, the former St. Michael the Archangel Church (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Fictional settings Sanctuary, a fictional Sussex village in Margery Allingham's 1931 novel Look to the Lady 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 (Marvel Cinematic Universe), an asteroid field where Thanos resides in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Sanctuary II (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Thanos' large warship in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Sanctuary, a fictional location in the novel Logan's Run
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 "Sanctuary", a 1979 story by Agatha Christie, published in Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories "Sanctuary", a 2006 story by Michael A. Burstein
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 documentary about Lisa Gerrard Sanctuary (2009 film), a re-mixable science fiction film Sanctuary, a 2012 Irish film co-starring Anne-Marie Duff Sanctuary (2015 film), a German film Sanctuary (2022 film), an American film
Television
Series Sanctuary (Canadian TV series), a 2008–11 Canadian science fiction-fantasy series Sanctuary, a 2019 Swedish TV series starring Josefin Asplund Sanctuary (Japanese TV series), a 2023 sports drama Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale, a 2024 American supernatural drama
Episodes "Sanctuary" (Angel), 2000 "Sanctuary" (Chancer), 1990 "Sanctuary" (Falling Skies), 2011 "Sanctuary" (Grey's Anatomy), 2010 "Sanctuary" (The Incredible Hulk), 1981 "Sanctuary" (Law & Order), 1994 "Sanctuary" (Murder in Suburbia), 2004 "Sanctuary" (Sleepy Hollow), 2013 "Sanctuary!", a 2015 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants "Sanctuary" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), 1993 "Sanctuary" (Stargate Atlantis), 2005 "Sanctuary" (The Twilight Zone), 2002 "Chapter 4: Sanctuary", a 2019 episode of The Mandalorian "The Sanctuary" (Danger Man), 1960 "Sanctuary" (The Orville), 2019
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 (Evanescence album), 2026 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 Wayne Shorter on Miles Davis album 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
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, a Seventh-day Adventist doctrine Sanctuary city, a city that does not enforce immigration laws Sanctuary Housing a United Kingdom housing association Sanctuary (architecture), an area in a church Sanctuary (painting), an 1867 painting by Richard Burchett
See also Sanctuary Asia, an environmental Indian magazine Sanctuary movement, an effort by U.S. churches to shelter Central American refugees during the 1980s Sanctuary Pictures, an Australian film production company Santuario (disambiguation)