Editing San Salvador (section)

==Etymology==
The conquistador [[Gonzalo de Alvarado]] founded a mission he named ''San Salvador'' in 1525. The name likely referenced the feast of the [[Transfiguration of Jesus]] (also called ''Divino Salvador'' in Spanish), celebrated on the 6th of August in the Western Church. On that day in 1456 [[Pope Callixtus III]] commemorated the Hungarian victory at the [[Siege of Belgrade (1456)|Siege of Belgrade]] against the Ottomans, specifically referencing the perceived divine intervention that led to the Christian victory. As a result, variations of the name 'holy' or 'divine' savior (''san'' or ''divino salvador'') became a popular inspiration for the names of churches and places, such as when [[Christopher Columbus]] named the island of [[Guanahani]], [[Bahamas]] ''San Salvador'' in 1492. In the same vein, [[Pedro de Alvarado]], when organizing his second expedition into the territory of [[Cuzcatlan]], ordered his brother Gonzalo to name the town he founded San Salvador.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1974 |title= El Salvador 1974-1975 |language = es|publisher= Departamento de Relaciones Públicas de Casa Presidencial|page= 11|url= https://biblioteca.asamblea.gob.sv/2885_el-salvador-1974-1975 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240110093111/https://biblioteca.asamblea.gob.sv/2885_el-salvador-1974-1975 |archive-date= 10 January 2024 |access-date= 2024-01-10}}</ref>

The name ''San Salvador'' would inspire the name for the country ''El Salvador'' which was a part of the [[Captaincy General of Guatemala]] as a province, and later an [[Intendancy of San Salvador|Intendancy]] in 1785. After the 19th Century [[1811 Independence Movement|first Independent movement]], the [[Act of Independence of Central America|Central American Independence Act]], and the insurgency against [[Central America under Mexican rule|Mexican rule]], El Salvador became an independent state in 1824.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cultura.gob.sv/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/El-nombre-de-El-Salvador.pdf |title=El nombre oficial de la República de El Salvador | trans-title=The Official Name of El Salvador | language=Spanish | year=2015 |publisher=Gobierno de El Salvador |access-date=2024-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111203357/http://www.cultura.gob.sv/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/El-nombre-de-El-Salvador.pdf | pages=11–12 |archive-date=2020-11-11}}</ref> The new government retained the name ''San Salvador'' for the capital city and the [[San Salvador Department|Salvadoran department]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sansalvador.gob.sv/DatosDelMunicipio |title=Datos del Municipio | trans-title=Municipality Date | language=Spanish | year=2018 |publisher=Alcaldía de la Ciudad de San Salvador |access-date=2024-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105075338/http://sansalvador.gob.sv/DatosDelMunicipio |archive-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>