Saint Madeleine on July 30ᵗʰ

 July 30th: Sainte Madeleine

The Village Church of

Sainte Madeleine, PQ in Canada

Source: Grok

Etymology: Madelaine, Madeleine, Madeline, Magdeleine... all come from Saint Mary Magdala. She was the sister of Lazarus, a friend of Jesus Christ. She lived in a village near the Sea of Galilee called Magdala (from ancient Hebrew Migdal, i.e. "towers" because ancient hebrews built  towers to dry their fish). Magdala was recently re-discovered.

All Saints in North America

 

It was also among my projects to dedicate

some pages to places of North America

bearing the name of a Saint.