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Error with Alvaro/Alvarez

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"Alvarez of Cordova" is, in fact, "Alvaro of Cordova" (a blessed, not a saint, actually).

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http://www.archimadrid.es/princi/princip/otros/santoral/santoral.htm

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At Google:

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"Beato Alvaro de Cordoba", 458 results
"San Alvaro de Cordoba", 327 results
"Beato Alvarez de Cordoba", 0 results
"San Alvarez de Cordoba", 0 results

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"Saint Alvarez of Cordova", 0 results
"Blessed Alvarez of Cordova, 34 results

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Then, the error is an error of reading which only appears in English sites (in English, Alvaro is not an usual name and Alvaro and its surname Alvarez can be easily mixed up).

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Alvarez is only a surname, then saint Julio Álvarez Mendoza is saint Julio (Álvarez Mendoza), not saint Álvarez and not saint Mendoza.
Other saints surnames are used as first names (Oriol, Borja, Javier...), but not Álvarez, perhaps because it is a very usual surname, it has an end in -ez (typical of patronymes) and it is strongly related with a real name (Álvaro). Same with the Portuguese saint Bartolomeu (Bartholomew) Alvarez.

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The link www.catholic-forum.com has a problem of coherence in its criteria of classification of saints. Some are classified by surname "Alvarez, Julio", "Silva, Beatrice da" or geographical origin "Sweden, Ingrid of", but others are classified by first name "Susanna Cobioje", "Syrus of Pavia".

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The correct way to classify saints names is by first name. In cases of saints surnames (Javier) or titles (Chantal) very usual as first names, the entry sends to the main entry; Javier > Francisco Javier, Oriol > Josep Oriol, etc.

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This message was edited 11/5/2005, 7:56 AM

Other links

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I saw that the link opens many pop-ups that difficult the reading.

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I have found two more(in Spanish, too) without pop-ups. The first is very clear and easy to read; the second is a bit difficult because of letter size, but it has complementary information:

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http://usuarios.lycos.es/lossantos2/heraldica/alvarez.htm

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http://www.surnames.org/apellidos/alvarez.htm

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Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com

He, he... (he was a man) :)

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St. Annemund
Feastday: September 28

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658

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Bishop and friend of St. Wilfrid of York, called Delphinus by Bede and Chamond or Annemundus. The son of a prefect in Lyons, Gaul, Annemund was raised in the count of King Dagobert I. When Clovis II succeeded to the throne, Annemund served as his councilor. Named the bishop of Lyons, Annemund befriended St. Wufrid of York. When Clovis died, Annemund was slain in the political upheaval of his time. He died on September 28, 658.

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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1420

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Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com

This message was edited 11/4/2005, 7:50 AM

Anysia

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Anysia comes from the Latin Anysius, derivated from the Greek Üíõóéò, "end, result". The name means, more or less, "one who comes together".

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There is a saint Anysia, martyr at Salonica (IV c.) (name day December 30). And there is a saint Anysius, bishop of Salonica (V c.) (name day December 30).

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Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com

Autor, not Artor

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Autor (not Artor) is a variant of Auctor, from the Latin auctor, "one who augments" (from augeo, "to augment, to magnificy").

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There are two saint Auctor:

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saint Auctor, bishop of Metz (V c.) (name day August 10), and
saint Auctor, bishop of Treveris (V c.) (name day August 20).

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Aurembiaix
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com

This message was edited 11/4/2005, 7:38 AM

also Ascelina

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see
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=60567&board=gen
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