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Nicaea fidelissima

English translation: Nice the very loyal city

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Latin term or phrase:	Nicaea fidelissima
English translation:	Nice the very loyal city
Entered by:	Susana Valdez

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06:59 Oct 6, 2009

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Latin term or phrase: Nicaea fidelissima

In Nica city

Nina Berg

Nice the very loyal city

Explanation:
The original city motto was Nicæa civitas fidelissima, i.e. "Nice the very loyal city" (loyal to the House of Savoy), but the motto was shortened in 1860 when Nice became French.
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice

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Susana Valdez
Portugal
Local time: 10:31

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Thanks again ja greetings from Finland. Nina
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Nice the very loyal city

Susana Valdez

4 +1

Nicaea, the most faithful

Joseph Brazauskas

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8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Nice the very loyal city

Susana Valdez
Portugal
Local time: 10:31
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

Grading comment

Thanks again ja greetings from Finland. Nina

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you Susana! I argee. Nina Berg

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Nicaea, the most faithful

Explanation:
I.e., to orthodox Catholic doctrine. Presumably the reference is to the city of Nicaea in Bithynia (modern Izmik in what is now Turkey) where, after two church councils, the Nicene Creed was formulated in 325 CE.

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Note added at 3 days1 hr (2009-10-09 08:33:33 GMT)
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My interpretation of 'fidelissima' as referring to the Bithynian Nicaea as 'most faithful' in respect of Catholic Orthodoxy, based on the notion that the Nicene Creed was formulated there in 325 after intense debate at two church councils, is erroneous. Recent Patristic scholarship has demonstrated that the so-called 'Nicene Creed' was actually drafted at the Council of Constantinople in 381. I am now therefore convinced that Ms. Valdez supplied the correct answer.

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 05:31
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English,