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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
