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Religious display on Maradona in Naples

Iglesia Maradoniana (Spanish "Maradonian Church") was created by fans of the retired Argentine football player Diego Maradona, who is said to be the best player of all time. It was founded on October 30, 1998 (Maradona's 38th birthday) in the city of Rosario. But it wasn't until the year of 2001 that they had their first gathering. They now reportedly counts 15,000 members.

It could be seen as a type of syncretism or as a religion. Depending on what religious definition one chooses to use. It's clear that the passion between the different members is what glue them together. As Alejandro Verón, one of the founders tells us “I have a rational religion and that’s the Roman-catholic church, and I have a religion passed on my heart, passion, and that’s Diego Maradona.”

Supporters of the Maradonian Church, supposedly from all parts of the world, count the years since Maradona's birth in 1960. It is popular, among the followers of this religion (and also among other football fans), the use of the neo-Tetragrammaton D10S as one of the names of Maradona: D10S is a portmanteau word which fuses 10 (diez in Spanish), Maradona's shirt number, and dios, the Spanish word for god.

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Iglesia Maradoniana The original 'Church of Maradona' site (in Spanish)

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 It could be seen as a type of [[syncretism]] or as a religion. Depending on what religious definition one chooses to use. It's clear that the passion between the different members is what glue them together. As Alejandro Verón, one of the founders tells us “''I have a rational religion and that’s the Roman-catholic church, and I have a religion passed on my heart, passion, and that’s Diego Maradona.”''
-Supporters of the ''Maradonian Church'', supposedly from all parts of the world, count the years since Maradona's birth in [[1960]]. It is popular, among the followers of this religion (and also among other football fans), the use of the neo-[[Tetragrammaton]] '''D10S''' as one of the names of Maradona: '''D10S''' is a [[portmanteau]] word which fuses '''10''', Maradona's shirt number, and '''dios''', the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word for ''[[god]]''.
+Supporters of the ''Maradonian Church'', supposedly from all parts of the world, count the years since Maradona's birth in [[1960]]. It is popular, among the followers of this religion (and also among other football fans), the use of the neo-[[Tetragrammaton]] '''D10S''' as one of the names of Maradona: '''D10S''' is a [[portmanteau]] word which fuses '''10''' (''diez'' in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]), Maradona's shirt number, and '''dios''', the Spanish word for ''[[god]]''.
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