[Tagging] patron saints

[Simone Saviolo]

2015-01-27 11:25 GMT+01:00 André Pirard <A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com>:

>  On 2015-01-27 09:51, Simone Saviolo wrote :
>
>  2015-01-26 15:28 GMT+01:00 Steve Doerr <doerr.stephen at gmail.com>:
>
>> On 26/01/2015 00:01, Simone Saviolo wrote:
>>
>>> http://overpass-turbo.eu/?w="patron_saint%3Ait"%3D*+global&R
>>>
>>> I swear, I would think that there were more of these. patron_saint:it
>>> seems to be a common suggestion for this purpose in Italian discussions
>>> about churches, I really thought we had more of them. Anyway, as you can
>>> see there are a few already.
>>>
>>
>>  I see at least one patron_saint:it is not a saint: Spirito Santo (
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/58152285).
>>
>
>  To be correct, the Virgin Mary isn't a saint either ;-)
>
>
> <https://www.google.be/search?&q=site:va%20%22sainte+vierge+marie%22&oq=site%3Ava+%22sainte%20vierge%20marie%22>
>
> You should urgently warn the Vatican
> <https://www.google.be/search?&q=site:va%20%22sainte+vierge+marie%22&oq=site%3Ava+%22sainte%20vierge%20marie%22>
> !  ;-)
>

Speaking of Vatican, i.e. Roman Catholic Church, Mary is Blessed, not
Saint. Her title is Beata Virgo Maria (Beata Vergine Maria in Italian,
Blessed Virgin Mary in English). She is an unordinary Blessed, as she and
her feasts are more important than those of the Saints; anyway, "Saint
Mary" is nothing but a popular name :-)

Regards,

Simone
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