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Sponsors

LC control no.sh 85126856
LC classificationBV1478
Topical headingSponsors
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Variant(s)Godfathers
Godmothers
Godparents
See alsoPersons
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Baptism
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Confirmation
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Scope noteHere are entered works on persons who sponsor those being baptized or confirmed.
Found inWork cat.: González López, T. El padrinazgo bautismal en la Diócesis de Lugo (siglos XVI-XIX), 2019: t.p.([cataloger's translation] Baptismal sponsorship in the Diocese of Lugo (16th-19th centuries))
Concise Oxford dictionary of world religions, 2003, via WWW, viewed July 14, 2021 (Godparents: The sponsors of a child to be baptized. They undertake responsibility for the child's Christian upbringing)
Merriam-Webster unabridged, via WWW, viewed July 14, 2021 (¹sponsor, noun 3: one who at the baptism of an infant or child professes the Christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; also: one who presents a candidate for confirmation to the bishop: godparent)