Okay now I understand. There is a mention of Maria Stella's birth in the announcement so perhaps they did a two-for-one?Thank you TLLK, but I meant a birth announcemet itself like it was translated of one fellow poster a few posts above. ..."The imperial highnesses Christoph and Adelaide are pleased....."
I was also surprised that she was christened very early, but I read that it's a tradition in Catholic families (particularly in the more strict families).
The thought in catholicism traditionally behind this is that you can't enter heaven after you die if you're not baptised, Because child mortality rates used to be quite high, a child was baptised as soon as possible, practically always within a few days (if the baby was in really poor condition after birth, the midwife was allowed to perform a "emergency baptism" right away).
(For some real "couleur locale", in my area it was believed that the souls of unbaptised babies would stay on earth because they had nowhere to go. People thought that the little lights that floated over marshlands or swamps (iow fireflies) were these unfortunate souls. If you encountered such a light you were supposed to say "i baptise you" and that would help the soul to find it's way and go to heaven).
Nowadays there usually is more time for a baptism, so they usually wait a while and take time to plan a more elaborate baptism, with a little party etc.
But when i first learned that protestant baptisms were often months later and that was quite normal, i was really surprised and it was really strange to me
The thought in catholicism traditionally behind this is that you can't enter heaven after you die if you're not baptised, Because child mortality rates used to be quite high, a child was baptised as soon as possible, practically always within a few days (if the baby was in really poor condition after birth, the midwife was allowed to perform a "emergency baptism" right away).
(For some real "couleur locale", in my area it was believed that the souls of unbaptised babies would stay on earth because they had nowhere to go. People thought that the little lights that floated over marshlands or swamps (iow fireflies) were these unfortunate souls. If you encountered such a light you were supposed to say "i baptise you" and that would help the soul to find it's way and go to heaven).
Nowadays there usually is more time for a baptism, so they usually wait a while and take time to plan a more elaborate baptism, with a little party etc.
But when i first learned that protestant baptisms were often months later and that was quite normal, i was really surprised and it was really strange to me
I was raised in catholic faith but I was really surprised that they christened the baby so fast. In my country, the christening takes place usually three, four months after the birth.
I obsereved the same in Spanish and Belgian Royal Families, so I was really confused about that fact
It was also interesting that they didn't include "d'Aviano" within Archduchess Katarina's middle names as IIRC, all of Archduke Christoph's siblings have "d'Aviano" somewhere in their name combinations.
No, it was on 28 December, the day before the religious wedding.Besides: Wasn´t the 27th their civil wedding date?
Marie Christine and her husband Rodolphe moved back to Europe. They lived three years here in Argentina, where he managed a family agribusiness (he's responsible for family properties in different countries). He also became a Partner at an Investment Company based in Buenos Aires (where I live), and apparently he still follows his activities with this Company from Europe.Yes, this thing with the residence/work in Argentina nobody knows exactly. Besides: Wasn´t the 27th their civil wedding date?