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(in many ‘countries’, it is customary for a person being confirmed in some dioceses of the ‘roman catholic church’ and in some ‘anglican dioceses’ to adopt a new name, generally the name of a ‘biblical character’ or ‘saint’, thus securing an additional ‘patron saint’ as ‘protector’ and ‘guide’)
(this practice is not mentioned in the ‘official liturgical book’ of the ‘rite of ‘confirmation” and is not in use in ‘spanish’ and french-speaking lands, nor in ‘italy’ or ‘the philippines’)
(although some insist on the ‘custom’, it is ‘discouraged’ by others and in any case is only a ‘secondary aspect’ of ‘confirmation’)
(as indicated by the different senses of the word “christening”, ‘baptism’ and the ‘giving of a ‘personal name” have traditionally been linked)
(at ‘confirmation’, in which the ‘intervention’ of a ‘godparent’ strengthens a resemblance with ‘baptism’, it became customary to take a new name, as was also the custom on other occasions, in particular that of ‘religious profession’)
(‘king henry III’ of ‘france’ (‘1551’ – ‘1589’) was christened ‘edouard alexandre’ in ‘1551’, but at ‘confirmation’ received the name ‘henri’, by which he afterwards reigned)
(today usually no great use is made of the ‘confirmation name’, although some treat it as an additional ‘middle name’)
(for example, a “‘song’ of ‘ice’ and ‘fire'” author “george r r martin’ was born ‘george raymond martin’, but added his ‘confirmation name’ richard as a ‘2nd middle name’)
(however, even after the ‘english reformation’, the ‘legal system’ of that ‘country’ admitted the ‘lawfulness’ of using one’s ‘confirmation name’ in, for instance, ‘purchasing land’)
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