question (in Catholic records): what constitutes a baptism for a dying child?
I have a question about meaning, if one of you more familiar with Quebecois-Catholic (in Ottawa, but still French-Canadian) procedures can help me: looking at the record (in French, of course) of an infant who died about a week after he was born, there's a burial record for 17 May 1896 that notes that the birth was a few days earlier and the death was the day before the burial, but I don't recognize any record of a christening, except that the record says that the priest 'blessed' the child ("bénè", if I read and understand it correctly)—does that constitute a 'christening'? Otherwise I don't see any sign of a christening even though the 'B' entry suggests that there was one.
If you want to look at it, the record is for 'Anonyme de Isidore Goulet', FS ID G1RC-W2S, entry #B65/S20 at
thanks!
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The record says the priest has blessed the body: béni le corps. That's after death so not a baptism.
The record also says the child had an "emergency baptism" at home. In that case, the child may not have been named at baptism. Almost anyone may baptize an infant considered at risk of imminent death.
My RC cousin (and my aunt) were both near death at his birth. My aunt's Jewish obstetrician performed an emergency baptism in the delivery room.
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