Lou Burnard wrote:
> is a saint name different from any other kind of name?
> you can tag it with <persName> , and then use @key or @ref to point to a 
> canonical definition for the saint in question in order to disambiguate 
> it. This requires you of course to believe that there is or was such a 
> person as the saint in question....

Ignoring the tongue-in-cheek joke, I don't think this last 
statement is really true...so I'll argue it publicly for the 
benefit of those reading. ;-)  I'd say <person> can be used for 
entirely fictional individuals just as <place> is used for 
imaginary places. The important thing is that they are an 
"identifiable individual" (and since they are identified by their 
commonly-used name here, I don't think this is a problem). 
Similarly having a <persName ref="#gaby">Angel Gabriel</persName> 
would be correct, I'd argue, because the fictional character is 
an identifiable individual even if their fantastical nature makes 
them not a 'person' by regular accounts.  If we had to restrict 
our markup of 'people' to those we actually believed existed in 
reality, that would be quite limiting!

-James