[Tagging] patron saints

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

> Am 25.01.2015 um 17:29 schrieb Friedrich Volkmann <bsd at volki.at>:
> 
> but the patron saint is "Maria
> Heimsuchung". Well, I don't know if a saint named "Maria Heimsuchung" really
> existed, but the church is dedicated to her, so it's a patron saint at least
> in an abstract sense.


I am not sure if you are kidding here, but obviously this is referring to a certain episode in the life of Mary, mother of Jesus, and not to a saint called Heimsuchung with his last name.


I generally agree that patron saints merit tagging (in catholic context), but stuff is more complicated: some churches have several saints to which they are dedicated (shall the tag contain a list? Do we use tags like alt_saint?), either alternatively or together (eg Peter and Paul). Also different saints might have the same name and different names might refer to the same saint, so using something like wikipedia/ wikidata seems to make sense (but requires external resources to be useful).
Or use the local name in its longest form (eg including the home town like San Francesco d'Asissi), and add translations optionally to subspaces like saints:it?

cheers,
Martin