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Maurice gives his name to the town St. Moritz as well as to numerous places called Saint-Maurice in French-speaking countries. The Indian Ocean island state of Mauritius was named after Maurice, Prince of Orange, and not directly after Maurice himself.
The naming of the Americas, or America, occurred shortly after Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas in 1492. It is generally accepted that the name derives from Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer, who explored the new continents in the following years on behalf of Spain and Portugal.
Saint Maurice (died c. 286, Agaunum, near Geneva; feast day September 22) was a Christian soldier whose alleged martyrdom, with his comrades, inspired a cult still practiced today. Among those martyred with him were SS.
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Sep 19, 2013 · In 287 AD, a Theban Legion of Christian Roman soldiers in Egypt led by Maurice was commanded by Emperor Maximian Hereculeus (ca. 250-ca. 310 AD) to march to Agaunum, now the modern day St-Maurice en Valais in Switzerland.
Mar 29, 2011 · Was John Cabot the first European to discover America? How did the continent get its name? Peter Macdonald unravels a 15th-century story and challenges conventional thought.
The place got its name from the martyrdom of Saint Maurice. At a religious level, it became a place of significance in the 4th century due to the transfer of the relics of the martyr into a chapel, which was later expanded into a basilica.
Nov 7, 2013 · Did you know that the patron saint of southern Germany and parts of France, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland, is a man of African origin? He is Saint Maurice of Aganaum, born less than 250...
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