Editing Santorini (section)

== Names ==
Santorini was named by the [[Latin Empire]] in the thirteenth century, and is a reference to [[Agape, Chionia, and Irene|Saint Irene]], from the name of the old church in the village of [[Perissa, Santorini|Perissa]] – the name Santorini is a contraction of the name Santa Irini.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 February 2022 |title=Early Christian Basilica of Agia Irini in Parissa |url=https://santorini-more.com/early-christian-basilica-of-agia-irini-perissa/ |access-date=3 December 2023 |website=Santorini – santorini-more.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="readersnatural">{{Cite book |title=Natural Wonders of the World |publisher=Reader's Digest Association, Inc |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-89577-087-5 |editor-last=Scheffel |editor-first=Richard L. |location=United States of America |pages=336–337 |editor-last2=Wernet |editor-first2=Susan J.}}</ref> Before then, it was known as Kallístē ({{lang|grc|Καλλίστη}}, ''"the most beautiful one"''), Strongýlē ({{lang|grc|Στρογγύλη}}, ''"the circular one"''),<ref>C. Doumas (editor). ''Thera and the Aegean world: papers presented at the second international scientific congress, Santorini, Greece, August 1978''. London, 1978. {{ISBN|0-9506133-0-4}}</ref> or Thēra. The ancient name ''Thera'', for [[Theras]], the leader of the Spartans who colonized and gave his name to the island,<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DT%3Aentry+group%3D6%3Aentry%3Dtheras-harpers Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Theras]</ref> was revived in the nineteenth century as the official name of the island and its main city, but the colloquial ''Santorini'' is still in popular use.