Vatican - divining serpent?

[mac]

Hello,

I have heard several people saying that the name Vatican comes from two latin words "vatis" and "can" which mean divining and serpent.

But when I search these words from online latin dictionaries, I do not find anything like that.

The closest I found was "faticanus" which means prohphetic which is interesting too, but nothing with serpent or snake.

Is this just a rumour or is there something I haven't found yet?

Cheers

mac

[Gibs]

Go to this site that I have pasted a url below and be sure to read the comments.

http://weblogs.asp.net/dneimke/archive/2005/04/02/396780.aspx

1Jo 4:4 ¶ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

[skyblue888]

no matter what the meaning, the book of Revelation identifies it as the seat of Satan.