@letsgo@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoWashington DC to be renamed to St Donaldsburglemm.eeimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1634arrow-down122
arrow-up1612arrow-down1imageWashington DC to be renamed to St Donaldsburglemm.ee@letsgo@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months 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.
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