Comments on: St. Monica the Mom http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/08/27/st-monica-the-mom/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: xavier http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/08/27/st-monica-the-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-2653 xavier Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:56:51 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/08/27/st-monica-the-mom/#comment-2653 Mike: Thanks. Interesting stuff eh? :) xavier Mike:
Thanks. Interesting stuff eh? :)
xavier

]]> By: Mike Aquilina http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/08/27/st-monica-the-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-2535 Mike Aquilina Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:31:56 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/08/27/st-monica-the-mom/#comment-2535 Here's the missing detail, from a real-estate site (though the author gave Monica's son a sex-change): "One of the padres noted in his diary that he was going to name the spring the Spring of Saint Monica to commemorate the tears Saint Monica cried for her wayward son Augusta. The city of Santa Monica take its name from this spring, even though the spring isn't located in Santa Monica." Here’s the missing detail, from a real-estate site (though the author gave Monica’s son a sex-change): “One of the padres noted in his diary that he was going to name the spring the Spring of Saint Monica to commemorate the tears Saint Monica cried for her wayward son Augusta. The city of Santa Monica take its name from this spring, even though the spring isn’t located in Santa Monica.”

]]> By: Mike Aquilina http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/08/27/st-monica-the-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 Mike Aquilina Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:28:39 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/08/27/st-monica-the-mom/#comment-2534 Here's the explanation given at Wikipedia: "Santa Monica is named for Saint Monica of Hippo because the area on which the city is now located was first visited by Spaniards on her feast day." Here’s the explanation given at Wikipedia: “Santa Monica is named for Saint Monica of Hippo because the area on which the city is now located was first visited by Spaniards on her feast day.”

]]> By: xavier http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/08/27/st-monica-the-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-2523 xavier Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:51:48 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/08/27/st-monica-the-mom/#comment-2523 Michael: Didn't the Spanish colonizer name the Califorian city after her? The stream they found made a lot of noise like when she cried over St Augustine less than Christian life? xavier Michael:
Didn’t the Spanish colonizer name the Califorian city after her? The stream they found made a lot of noise like when she cried over St Augustine less than Christian life?

xavier

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