Probable all christian churches (buildings) and most chapels are dedicated to patron saints. E.g. the Basilica Sancti Petri (Saint Peter's Basilica) in Vatican City is obviously dedicated to Sanctus Petrus (Saint Peter). As in this example, the patron saint is often part of the common name of a church. But this example also shows that an automated extraction is almost impossible.
There are also many churches whose common names do not include the patron saint at all. E.g. http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/30344133 is usually called "Bergkirche" or "Haydnkirche", 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. There has been no tagging rules so far. Some churches have name=<common_name> + alt_name=<patron>, some have it the opposite way, some have the patron or the common name omitted. I'd like to suggest a new key for patron saints. Certainly patron_saint=* or just patron=*. There are some occurrences in Taginfo, although most values of patron=* do not look like saints. holy_name=* has also been suggested, but this sounds to me as if the name were holy. It's actually the saint who is holy. patronage=* may be ambiguous. patrociny=* seems to be an extinct word. What do you think? -- Friedrich K. Volkmann http://www.volki.at/ Adr.: Davidgasse 76-80/14/10, 1100 Wien, Austria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
