letsgo@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoWashington DC to be renamed to St Donaldsburglemm.eeexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1625arrow-down122
arrow-up1603arrow-down1external-linkWashington DC to be renamed to St Donaldsburglemm.eeletsgo@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 days agoI thought St. Petersburg was named for the Apostle Saint Peter? Pyotr founded the city but to my knowledge didn’t name it after himself nor was he canonized as a Saint.
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoFor a while it was Leningrad.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoBut that’s an entirely different story
I thought St. Petersburg was named for the Apostle Saint Peter?
Pyotr founded the city but to my knowledge didn’t name it after himself nor was he canonized as a Saint.
For a while it was Leningrad.
But that’s an entirely different story