Why Californian Indian leader Estanislao was named after Polish martyr?
Upvote:1
A possible explanation is that he simply received the name of the saint on whose day he was baptized. That would be 11 April in this case. Wikipedia says he traveled to the mission on September 24 and was baptized "soon". Can "soon" refer to a six-month period? I don't know.
Or maybe the fathers at the mission just had a soft spot for St. Stanislaw for some private reason.
Upvote:5
Estanislao was baptized on 24 Sep 1821 by Father Buenaventura Fortuny. The father baptized at least 108 natives during 1821, and over 2300 in total. He had officiated for another Estanislao earlier in the same year, on 26 Apr, and another one back in 1816. Since he went through names so rapidly and regularly, he was bound to repeat them; there were 28 Josefas, 7 Policarpas, 5 Quincios, 3 Estanislaos, and 2 Estanislaas among about 680 unique names he gave to native converts.
On this basis, I suggest there was no explicit link between the saint and the recipient of his name; at most the latter's behavior or interests might have reminded the priest of the saint's martyrdom.
Source for mission records: Early California Population Project.
More post
- π Why did Emperor Nero kill his mother and others?
- π What Was the US Debt-To-GDP Before Jackson Was President
- π What uniforms did each of the American Civil War regiment wear during First Bull Run / First Manassas
- π Why did the Nazis target Jehovah's Witnesses?
- π What was the standard pistol used in Yugoslavia during WWII?
- π Why were some German and Japanese cities bombed more than others during WW2? Is there a scientific consensus?
- π Were the Pechenegs at some point Manicheans?
- π What was the source of the idea of a republic?
- π Reference request - Books on Israel-Palestine conflict
- π Why are church reformist centers all outside the boundary of the original Roman Empire?
- π Why was China not colonized by any country?
- π What intelligence successes did the Axis have in WW2?
- π Why didn't SW Virginia join West Virginia?
- π Why did families in 6th century Mecca send their babies to be raised in the desert?
- π What are other ancient encyclopaedic texts like Pliny's "Naturalis Historia" were available to medieval people?
- π Is there any historical evidence to support the existence of the Patriarchs outside of the Old Testament?
- π Austria and Iron Curtain during Cold War
- π Did Romans complain about sundials?
- π During the Korean War, what B-29 crew roles did the abbreviations IVO, CFC, and VC mean?
- π Was Theodoric the Great killed by Justinian?
- π French revolution: the source of the conflict in the meeting of the Estates General
- π Why was US President Truman "on the high seas" when the Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped?
- π How was the manorial system a consequence of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire?
- π What happened first? The law that authorized the Cuban government to nationalize US firms or Eisenhower's Cuban sugar quota?
- π Are stories passed down from generation to generation considered primary sources?
- π What was the fate of GΓΌlbahar, the chief consort of Sultan Suleyman of 16th century?
- π What were the operating principles of Japan's MITI during the 1950s and 60s?
- π Are the Zemstvo Statistics Digitized?
- π Why did an American-Filipino war follow the Spanish-American War?
- π Were does Tifinagh come from?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- π Why Californian Indian leader Estanislao was named after Polish martyr?
- π Why was the seventh day of the week in Quichua named after the sun?
- π Why was Spanish Fascist dictatorship left in power after World War II?
- π Why were the drawings of Colossus burnt after WW2 and why was its very existence "of course" kept secret?
- π If the Chβin dynasty was so short-lived, why was China named for it?
- π Why was the British army so short of rifles after Dunkirk?
- π Why was the last battle of the War of 1812 fought fully half a year after the official end of the war?
- π Why was France given such a lenient peace after Napoleon was defeated?
- π After the USS Reuben James was sunk (1941 Oct 31) by Germany, why didn't the USA join the war?
- π Why were fragments of the Mongol empire named after colors?
- π Why aren't the Americas named after Christopher Columbus
- π Why was an independant Saarland country created twice after each world war?
- π Why was Mexico's former ruling party named the *Institutional* Revolutionary Party?
- π What was George Washington's opinion on having a city named after him?
- π Why was the Old Wardour Castle not demolished after the English Civil War?
- π Why was Lafayette imprisoned after the French Revolution?
- π Was California named after a Moorish ruler called Queen Calafia?
- π Why was metal armor phased out after gun powder was weaponized?
- π Why was the German system of interlocking plates not used after WWII for armored vehicle construction?
- π What was the largest place to be named after a specific, individual animal (i.e. not a species)?
- π Why was Polish king Sigismund II Augustus' coronation held when his father Sigismund I was still alive?
- π Was the pigment minium (lead oxide) named after the river Minus in Iberia?
- π Why was 'Captain' named for 2 different ranks?
- π Why was the US table tennis team sent to communist China even after a difference in ideology?
- π Why was the Polish 1st Parachute Infantry Brigade dropped at Driel on the South bank of the Rhine?
- π What was Texas called after gaining its independence and why was it called that?
- π Was there ever a conqueror who named the place after themselves?
- π Why is the Queen Anne flintlock pistol named after Queen Anne?
- π Why was King Leopold III so hated in Belgium after the Second World War?
- π Was the town Jadovno near GospiΔ named after the concentration camp during World War 2, or was it the other way around?
