[antir-heralds] More Questions on Order Documentation

[cameronfamily3 at juno.com]

>     Several commenters noted that the College cannot canonize new
> saints. However, we feel that registering a name that uses the
> descriptive Saint does not do this, but rather follows a well
> documented medieval tradition of local shrines and saints who may 
> or may not be recognized by the hierarchy in Rome . . .
> . . . While philosophically, it is certainly better recreation to use a
> real-life saint's name when using this model to create an order 
> name, there is no reason why these sorts of construction should
> not be allowed the same latitude allowed by our rules for other 
> constructed names . . .

        Ohmigoodness, yes!  Look at any map of Brittany:  it is a
positive *welter* of sites named after local saints from 'way back who
never made the Official Lists, but whose neighbors thought very highly of
them.  As a word of caution, however, it might be well to use a great
deal of discretion when using this tradition.  Registration, however
permissible under SCA rules, of an order name which is flagrantly mocking
or crass could lead to some pretty heated discussion -- even more so than
with personal names.

        Havoise