SC - Pagan dieties vs. Christain Saints/ religious anthropology

[margali]

Saint Dymphna is the latinized name for Saint Damhnait.
Them latin speakers just couldnt seem to wrap their tongues around good
celtic names...
She and her jester absconded to Belgium from Ierland when her father
wanted her to marry a pagan prince and she wanted to be a nun. She is
the patron saint of people with nervous disorders.
margali
[actually, Damhnait ferch Odharnait, nicknamed margali ;-)]
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<  Remember, all
 'christian names' were of another culture at one point, Greek, Roman,
 Celtic, etc..., the only culture this is not true of is possibly Jewish

 from which Christianity sprung to begin with.  >>

That is a very interesting statement. Please could you expand on it?

Thank you,

Molli