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City of Saints
Montreal, in Canada, is so named because all the streets are
named after saints.
“Mr. Geo. Martin ... said he came from [Montreal] a city of saints,
where all the streets were named after saints.” —Secular Thought,
September 10th, 1891.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on City of Saints from Infoplease:
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