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A Xo
A Xo ✭
April 30, 2023 in Social Groups

On some Prague baptismal records from the 1880s there are notations of abbreviations after the child's given name such as seraf., pad., bor., and nepom. Does anyone have a list of these and their meanings? Are these the child's patron saint? Does seraf. stand for Seraphicus and nepom. for Nepomuckého? How are they chosen?

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  • A Xo
    A Xo ✭
    May 1, 2023

    I am happy to report that once again I answer my own question.

    The abbreviations mean that the lucky boy was named for a particular Saint, for example Karel bor. signifies Karel Boromejský.

    Here is a list:

    https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seznam_sv%C4%9Btc%C5%AF_a_mu%C4%8Dedn%C3%ADk%C5%AF_katolick%C3%A9_c%C3%ADrkve


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