[ANSTHRLD] Name check please

[Thorn]

The name is a saint's given name.  The belief is that the saint then becomes
your "godfather" or "guardian angel" type person who watches over you for
the rest of your life.
It is only recorded in church records and is usually only remembered by the
person and their parents.  It is rarely used outside of Roman Catholic
Church ceremonies and even then only when the priest is reminded of the name
or in cases where the priest wants to be certain that the person is honored
usually in eulogy.  My mom used it when she called for me from the back
door, then I knew that I was in big doo doo.  But you don't have to remember
that last part.

Charles Ó Floinn,
Thorn at raf662bravo.com
Herald, Shire of Rosenfeld
Kilgore, Texas

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Subject: RE: [ANSTHRLD] Name check please

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Bill Butler <chemistbb3 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 francis.schalles at ttuhsc.edu
> <heralds at ansteorra.org> wrote:
> > My Lady informs me that she understood that a person might be
> > given a middle name at birth, and upon being baptized receive her
> > mothers name as well.
>
> Could this be some type of religious practice - sort
> of similar to Catholic confirmation names - where a
> "name" is given but never used?

Not being Catholic and not having read about Confirmation, I've never
heard of 'Catholic confirmation names - where a "name" is given but
never used'.  Would you please explain?

Denyel de Lyncoln
--
"Me, I love the USA; I never miss an episode." -- Paul "Fruitbat" Sleigh
Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com
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