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The name of the nascent city in the times of Alfonso VIII. was Sancti Emetrii, from that of the monastery or of the old town, but within a few years the new town eclipsed the former in importance and, being dedicated to St. As a maritime town, Santander became connected with all the naval events undertaken by young Castile, and later by Philip II., against England.
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