medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Two observations: there is a parish (civil, equivalent
of county) in Louisiana, St. Tammany. There is, of
course, no such saint and no one is quite sure of the
source of this strange name. And San Diego CA is not
an equivalent of Santiago, but is named after Saint
Didachus (much to my surprise since "Diego" is Spanish
for "James"). Tangential comments...
MG
--- jmichael walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> From: "Theresa Gross-Diaz" :
> >I actually wrote to the site, asking about the name
> - all Ėgon"could tel me
> is that it is the "name of a locality in the
> >region".
> >>>
>
> RE: San Taela
>
> In discussing the matter with priest historians
> familiar with Southern
> California history, the general consensus is what I
> suspected:
> San Taela is likely a corruption of Santa Ela, with
> either a missing prefix
> to "Ela" (ie, Ysabela, Isabela), or with "Ela"
> serving as a regional or
> dialectical abbreviation for Elena, Saint Helen, in
> the manner of Ma.
> meaning Maria.
> I invite Listmembers who have enountered similar
> regional abbreviations of
> names to chime in.
> Thanks,
> J Michael
>
>
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