@[email protected] to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 2 days agoWashington DC to be renamed to St Donaldsburglemm.eeimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1629arrow-down121
arrow-up1608arrow-down1imageWashington DC to be renamed to St Donaldsburglemm.ee@[email protected] to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 2 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 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.
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