Quo vadis is a Latin phrase meaning "Where are you going?" It is used as a proverbial phrase from the Bible (John 16:5). The most famous use is in the Apocryphal Acts of Peter. This page lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... The Gospel of John is the fourth gospel in the canon of the New Testament, traditionally ascribed to John the Evangelist. ... Apocrypha (from the Greek word απόκρυφα meaning those having been hidden away[1]) are texts of uncertain authenticity or writings where the authorship is questioned. ... One of the earliest of the apocryphal acts of the apostles, the Acts of Peter is one of the books in the New Testament Apocrypha. ...

The phrase's context is used in a literal or metaphorical sense when an individual has left or is leaving for a long time and/or distance.

Quo vadis may also refer to:

Literature

• Quo vadis (novel): a renowned 1895 novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Quo Vadis is a novel by a Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz, describing the introduction of Christianity into early A.D. Rome (while under Neros rule). ... Henryk Sienkiewicz. ...

Stage, film and TV

• Quo Vadis (1900 play): A Broadway play that opened at the New York Theatre on April 9, 1900. It was produced by F. C. Whitney and written for the stage by Hugh Stanislaus Stange from the Henryk Sienkiewicz novel.
• Quo Vadis (1902 film): a French silent version directed by Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca, no cast credited.
• Quo Vadis 1909 opera by Jean Nouges.
• Quo Vadis (1912 film): an Italian silent version, adapted and directed by Enrico Guazzoni, starring Amelia Cattaneo, Carlo Cattaneo, Lea Giunchi and Giovanni Gizzi. Regarded by film historians as the first successful feature-length motion picture, it inspired D. W. Griffith to make The Birth of a Nation.
• Quo Vadis (1924 film): an Italian silent film starring Elga Brink, Rina De Liguoro, Lillian Hall-Davis, Emil Jannings and Elena Sangro. It was adapted and directed by Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby and produced by Arturo Ambrosio.
• Quo Vadis (1951 film): a lavish MGM production, directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov.
• Quo Vadis (1985 film): a television mini-series starring Klaus Maria Brandauer, Frederic Forrest, Marie Therese Relin and Francesco Quinn. It was directed by Franco Rossi and written by Ennio De Concini, Francesco Scardamaglia and Franco Rossi.
• Quo Vadis (2001 film): a Polish language version, directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and starring Paweł Deląg, Magdalena Mielcarz, Bogusław Linda and Michał Bajor.
• As a quote, "Quo Vadis, Capt. Chandler?" from a 1975 episode of M*A*S*H.
• Stitched on the back of Gene from Eugene's shirt (Jeremy Davies') shirt in Werner Herzog's film Rescue Dawn.

"Domine, Quo Vadis" by Annibale Carracci.

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Art and architecture

• Quo Vadis (church): The "Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis?"
• The painting "Domine, Quo Vadis" ("Whither goest thou, Lord?") by Annibale Carracci

Chiesa di Santa Maria in Palmis, better known as Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis? is a small church on the Appian way, on the spot where Saint Peter supposedly met Jesus while fleeing persecution in Rome. ... The Flight into Egypt (1603) Annibale Carracci (November 3, 1560, in Bologna - July 15, 1609, in Rome) was a prominent Bolognese Baroque painter. ...

Games

• Quo Vadis (board game): A German-style board game by Reiner Knizia
• Quo Vadis (1984 game): A 1984 computer game released for the Commodore 64
• Quo Vadis (video game): A Japanese wargame for the Sega Saturn

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Other

• Quo Vadis (band): A Canadian death metal band
• Quo Vadis (Polish band): A Polish thrash metal band
• Quo Vadis (automobile): A French automobile produced from 1921 to 1923
• Quo Vadis (newspaper) ([1]): The campus newspaper of Middlesex County College
• Quo Vadis (movie theater): A now-shuttered cinema in Westland, MI
• Quo Vadis (restaurant): An Italian restaurant in Wakefield, United Kingdom
• Quo Vadis (restaurant): An Italian restaurant in Swan Hill, Australia
• Quo Vadis (public house): A Public house in Cardonald, Glasgow
• Quo Vadis (song): A song by the Japanese band Deadman ,on the "No alternative" album.
• Quo Vadis (brand): The name of a range of footwear released in India by Bata Shoes.
• Quo Vadis (haircut): The name of a style of haircut, where the hair is trimmed very short, popular among some African-American men.

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Trivia

• Quo Vadis is the title of the Yearbook of the High School in O.B. Montessori Center Inc.

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