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[Maryjane Dunn]

Rosina & all--
We've gone down this path before on another list, and I don't want to
unleash a torrent of hate-mail regarding Stgo pilgrim vs. Stgo "Matamoros"
("Moorslayer")...but for those truly interested in the history of St. James
in the New World, you may be interested in the following:

Contreras y Lopez de Ayala, Juan, Marques de Lozoya. "De Santiago peregrino
a Santiago matamoros" in Cuadernos hispanoamericanos, 238-240 (Oct-Dec 1969)
pp. 399-405.

Valle, Rafael Heliodoro. "Santiago en la imaginacion de America." Cuadernos
americanos. Year 4, 20.2 (Mar-Apr 1945): 150-67.
        Interesting because he lists 13 appearances of the Saint in the Americas
through the 19th century, among other things.

Simmons, Marc. "Santiago: Reality and Myth" in Santiago: Saint of Two
Worlds. Ed. Joan Myers. Albuquerque: U. of New Mexico Press, 1991. Excerpt
as "Santiago: The saint of conquest" w/ color illus in: New Mexico Magazine
70.1 (Jan. 1992) 24-31.
        If I remember correctly one of the articles shows Stgo on Gov. Onate's
coat-of arms; describes his appearance at the battle of Acoma (in New
Mexico) in 1598.

Maryjane

SNIP> Further, "conquistadores such as Pizarro and Cortez bore conspicously
the
> Santiago Cross on their uniforms, at least in their extant portraits.
> Columbus himself wrote that he was guided by Santiago "riding his
> white horse
> on the clouds".
SNIP
> As historically reported, the unification of Spain was achieved
> in January of
> 1492 under the banner, belief and devotion of Queen Isabel who
> attributed the
> success of her efforts to the help of Santiago.  Since the incursion onto
> America followed only a few months later, and it proved to be a resounding
> success for the conquistadores, it would appear that Santiago got
> much of the
> credit therefor and was reverentially, devotedly, or, perhaps by some,
> superstitiously, honored and recognized in the "New World".