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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Matamoros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Matamoros

• ASalazarMX 2mo ago
  > The Christians marched on the cry of ¡Dios ayuda a Santiago! "God save St. James!". They slew more than 5000 Muslims and James became known as "Matamoros". OK, I'm going to go out on a tangent, and put this SE topic where they discuss why "James" is the English equivalent of "Santiago", because it didn't seem reasonable. https://spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/4588/why-is-santiago-the-equivalent-of-james https://spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/4588/why-is-sant...