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(@just-a-surveyor)
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Why was Corpus Christi named for the Body of Christ.

 
Posted : October 15, 2018 2:00 am
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The city's name means?ÿBody of Christ?ÿin?ÿLatin. The name was given to the settlement and surrounding bay by Spanish explorer?ÿAlonso ?lvarez de Pineda?ÿin 1519, as he discovered the lush semitropical bay on the Catholic?ÿfeast day of Corpus Christi

 
Posted : October 15, 2018 4:15 am
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I could swore I looked at Wikipedia before. Thanks.

 
Posted : October 15, 2018 3:11 pm
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Posted : October 15, 2018 6:56 pm