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BranShea #180630 11/30/08 09:58 PM
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Meet is hardly the word . . . more like rifle?

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The Catholic Church has patron saints for almost everything, and
considering the status of world affairs in many minds, a little heavenly help would be of great advantage. At any rate St. Emerich has been a 'secondary patron saint' of the USA because of
Vespucci's first name Amerigo (Italian). This at least gives a
certain credence to the claim zmjezhd makes that America is from
Amerigo. The patron being assigned centuries ago.


----please, draw me a sheep----
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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
St. Emerich has been a 'secondary patron saint' of the USA because of Vespucci's first name Amerigo (Italian). This at least gives a certain credence to the claim zmjezhd makes that America is from Amerigo. The patron being assigned centuries ago.


Not that it needs any more credence than it already has.

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