Saint Elmo
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Saint Elmo (or St. Elmo) may refer to:
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[edit] People
- St. Elmo Brady was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D.
- Saint Elmo, Erasmus of Formiae, the patron saint of sailors
[edit] Things
- St. Elmo's fire, an electro-luminescent corona discharge in the air during thunderstorms
- St. Elmo's Fire (film), a movie released in 1985
- St. Elmo Hall, an alternate name for the Delta Phi Fraternity
- Saint Elmo, a member of the Marvel Comics team, Alpha Flight
- Fort Saint Elmo, a fortification on the Mediterranean island of Malta
- Saint Elmo National Historic District, a neighborhood in the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee
[edit] Places
- St. Elmo, Alabama
- St. Elmo, Illinois
- St. Elmo, Kentucky
- St. Elmo, Louisiana
- St. Elmo, Michigan
- St. Elmo, Mississippi
- St. Elmo, New York
- St. Elmo, Tennessee
- St. Elmo, Texas
- St. Elmo, Virginia
The name of this saint is recomposed by sandhi in Spanish, Galician and Portuguese, adding the t from Saint into Elmo and resulting San Telmo or São Telmo.