>Steven Botterill's list of saintly California toponyms is an unexpected
>blessing, although sunshine in the Bay Area is not at all unexpected.
>
>But I'm curious about 'Antonio'. I'm pretty sure that San Antonio, Texas,
>is named after Anthony of Padova and not Anthony Abbot. Is the California
>Antonio--and where is it? I'm a native son and should know--also named
>after the Franciscan Anthony?
>
>Gary Dickson
>University of Edinburgh
It's actually San Antonio Heights, in San Bernardino County, and is
apparently indeed named after St Anthony of Padua. The name was already in
use by 1888. According to one source there are 337 places named San
Antonio in North and South America, though whether they're all for St A of
P is not clear.
While we're on saintly Californian trivia, you can win any number of bets
by asking people in which US state the San Francisco Mountains are located.
Of course they're not in CA :-)
Steven Botterill
Associate Professor of Italian Literature
Chair, Department of Italian Studies
3335 Dwinelle Hall #2620
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2620
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