I didn’t know that ‘San Fernando’ in California (and other places) was named after the saint we commemorate today, Saint Ferdinand III (1201 – 1252), the great, 13th century King of Leon, Castile and Galicia, who by his military prowess, courage and genius, helped unify what would later be known as ‘Spain’, taking back vast territories which had been conquered and subjugated by the Muslims in the 8th century. Ferdinand is similar to his contempo…
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