Santiago/ the name

[Teruel, Dr. Jose Romero (WDC)]

Where did you find the information?
How sure we can be?

-----Original Message-----
From: lmorris [mailto:kesatotaSHAW.CA]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:03 AM
To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
Subject: Re: Santiago/ the name


Here is some new information that I have found regarding the name
Compostela:

        The name of Compostela doesn't come from the words "Campus Stellae"
(Star field), as thought some time ago, but from the Latin word
"Compositum" (Cemetery).

interesting

leonard
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