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02/18
February 18th, 3:30pm
02/19
February 19th, 11:30am
02/19
February 19th, 11:30am
02/20
February 20th, 2:30pm
02/20
February 20th, 5:30pm
How did Corpus Christi Texas get its name?
In 1519, on the Roman Catholic Feast Day of Corpus Christi, Spanish explorer Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda discovered a lush semi-tropical bay on what is now the southern coast of Texas. The bay, and the city that later sprung up there, took the name of the feast day celebrating the "Body of Christ."