It’s not a bad idea, but that doesn’t seem to be the way it goes in the novels (since we’ve had at least two High Septons die in ASOIAF) – for one thing, the fact that Septons surrender their last names means that the family name is long gone before they get to the position of Most Devout or High Septon, and since funerals are primarily about helping families process death, I don’t think you’d get that sort of custom.
“High Spider” world-building: would it make sense for a dead High Septon to be buried under the name of his successor, as a way of killing two birds with one stone in terms of symbolism? (1: the previous High Septon can be given a burial of some consequence without breaking the mystique of the office as something greater than Mortal 2: the current High Septon quite literally buries his past identity as he becomes The Voice of the Gods).
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