Viroconium Cornoviorum believed to have been a masculine given name meaning "werewolf". The term "Cornoviorum" distinguishes the site as the Viroconium "of the Cornovii", the Celtic tribe whose "civitas" the settlement became. The original site of the Cornovian capital (also thought to have been named *Uiroconion) was a hillfort on the Wrekin. The site at Wroxeter was strategically located near the end of the primary Watling Street Roman trunk road that ran across England from Dubris (Roman Dover). During the early years the site was a key frontier position lying on the bank of the Severn river whose valley penetrated deep into
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Port Washington, Wisconsin) of La Crosse in 1912. The apse behind it is decorated with pastels and gold leaf. In 1884 at the new church's dedication, a speaker described the building as "a splendid structure, an ornament not only to the city, but the entire state." Today the building, on its prominent hill, is still a focal point of the downtown. St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Port Washington, Wisconsin) St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church is located in Port Washington, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 for its architectural and religious significance. The first Catholic Mass in