I guess it depends upon where you went to school. It's never meant exclusively a US citizen in my LONG life.
I’m curious, what term is used to denote a US citizen?
A USian?
The article clearly means US Saint.
Serra was not the first canonized Catholic who lived in the Americas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bertrand_(saint)
Louis Bertrand was canonized centuries before. There are a number fo Hispanics in America who became saints before Serra.
The statement only makes sense if Hispanic American is referring to Serra as a US citizen.
The author’s attempted point is a fine one - that he is the first Hispanic Saint from a place that is now part of the US.
Show me another country with the word “American” in it and I’ll buy your logic.
Not exclusively; how about primarily?