letsgo@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWashington DC to be renamed to St Donaldsburglemm.eeexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1627arrow-down121
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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 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.
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoFor a while it was Leningrad.
Don’t compare him to Pyotr I Alekseyevich
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