<<As my name, Géza, is not a saint's name, I hardly believe this supposition (not because it's mine but because it's highly improbable that it has ever been banned by the church).>> No name is banned Geza but the use of a Saints name as you described was required to have you baptized. It might be why we see Mary, Ann, John, Joseph and the like so often as middle names. They did satisfy the church. As far as the influence of the RCC is it not true that they were responsible for re-populating villages that were destroyed by the Turks? If I remember correctly, this happened in many villages in Veszprem Megye. The Monks brought people from Germany to populate Band and Pula for example. Elizabeth V. Cardinal evc1369@comcast.net