E, If you found* "recebidos os santos oleos" in a Baptism record*, this means that the *child* was *anointed with the "holy oil"*, receiving the confirmation of the sacrament. Not the parents. This is very traditional in the Catholic Church when baptizing a child, it is used as well for blessing a sick person that is going to die.
There is nothing to do with the parents marriage. Isabella Baltar myportuguesegen.blogspot.com On Sunday, July 6, 2014 1:29:01 AM UTC-4, E Sharp wrote: > > I found this on a baptism record and after the names of the parents and > where they were baptized, it says recebidos em sanctos. I gather it is > something about their marriage??? or what does it mean? > > Thank you. > "E" > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
