[MR] Court Business - Ymir - 10 Feb XXXV, 2001

[Michael Houghton]

Evan pointed out:
Howdy!
> 
> Scripsit Cait:
> > Mordrea wrote, of the Tourney of Ymir, that the "Charter for the Order of
> > Saint Aiden [was] read and signed."
> >
> > There is also a religious Order of St. Aidan (see
> > http://www.aidantrust.org/html/order.html).  Is there a relationship?
> > Should we be worried about the possibilities for confusion?
> 
> As far as the College of Arms is concerned, it's fairly easy to decide if
> a mundane person or group or location is prominent enough for their NAME
> to be protected by the SCA. The relevant question is: Does the person/
> group/place have his/her/its/their own separate entry in general
> encyclopediae?
> 
> If the answer is "yes" then the name cannot be registered (conflict);
> if the answer is "no" then it can.
> 
My Encyclopedia Britannica has an entry for Aidan (or Aedan), a monk of Iona
and first bishop of Lindisfarne. There is no mention there of any Order.

yours,
Herveus
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