Talk:Saint's name

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What on earth does slavery have to do with modern first names? The article mentions it then doesn't explain. =\ This needs work. --User:Jenmoa 00:49, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

This article says "The custom of giving the name of a saint goes back to the earliest days of the Church, and is required by Canon law" However, in baptism, it is not required to name a child after a saint. Any name can be given. It is said that the name given must not be offensive to the Catholic Church. KMRC 21:19, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

I was told that Saint Names were not given at Baptism, but at Confirmation. Can someone please confirm this? Fatpratmatt 12:54, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

In New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, names(for example, Saint's names) can be given during baptism and confirmation depending on occasions. It is a gradual evolution for such practices originating from that some pagans replace their pagan-related first names with Saint's names when they convert during baptism. Reasonably, a child who had received infant baptism can receive a Saint's name during his confirmation as stated in New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia.

Catholic Encyclopedia > N > Christian Names http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10673c.htmhttp://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10673c.htm

Change of name at baptism

If we could trust the authentic and contemporary character of the Acts of St. Balsamus, who died A.D. 331, we should have an early example of the connection between baptism and the giving of a name. "By my paternal name", this martyr is said to have declared, "I am called Balsamus, but by the spiritual name which I received in baptism, I am known as Peter." It would seem in any case that the assumption of a new name for some devotional reason was fairly common among Christians. Eusebius the historian took the name Pamphili from Pamphilus, the martyr whom he especially venerated. ... History preserves sundry examples of such a change of name in adult converts. Socrates (Church History VII.21) tells us of Athenais who married the Emperor Theodosius the Younger, and who previously to marriage was baptized (A.D. 421) receiving the name Eudoxia. Again Bede tells us of the case of King Caedwalla who went to Rome and was baptized by the Pope Sergius who gave him the name of Peter. Dying soon afterwards he was buried in Rome and his epitaph beginning "Hic depositus est Caedwalla qui est Petrus" was long pointed out (Bede, "Hist. Eccl.", V, vii). Later we have the well-known instance of Guthrum the Danish leader in England who after his long contest with King Alfred was eventually defeated and consenting to accept Christianity was baptized in 878 by the Æthelstan.

Confirmation names

The practice of adopting a new name was not limited to baptism. Many medieval examples show that any notable change of condition, especially in the spiritual order, was often accompanied by the reception of a new name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yi Ho (talk • contribs) 23:21, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Yi Ho 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Notability

The notability of the subject is currently unclear, since no independent sources have been cited. I am sure that can be done (but am unable to do so myself). Please add reliable sources. For the time being, I am replacing the "importance" tag with "notability".

Sorted as part of the Notability Wikiproject --B. Wolterding 18:36, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Replaced the tags removed by an anon IP. Trugster 11:25, 27 June 2007 (UTC)