While many sports teams use intimidating monikers, the New Orleans Saints have gone another route. What's behind their unique name?
At the risk of painting with a broad brush, many professional sports teams have names that are intimidating or otherwise cool. Whether that's an animal—think Lions, Tigers or Bears—or a more mythical noun, like Giants, there's plenty of room to run.But then there's the New Orleans Saints. And, since a saint can literally be defined as a virtuous person, there's nothing scary about lining up against a bunch of good guys.
'Even the name 'Saints' has a Catholic genesis,' a Catholic News Agency article explained. 'According to the New Orleans archdiocesan paper, the Clarion Herald, in 1967, the owner of the team approached then-Archbishop Hannan and asked if using the word 'Saints' for a football team was sacrilegious. Archbishop Hannan not only loved the idea but wrote an official prayer for the team within that year.'The write-up contained some details regarding that prayer.
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