the minister holds the baby in a catholic baptism.
the minister holds the baby in a catholic baptism.
who holds the baby in a catholic baptism?
the minister
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the details are as follows. the mercenary soldier walter reinhardt sombre (c. 1725 – 1778) had one son by his senior wife, badi bibi. the boy, born in 1764, was initially named zafar yab khan and raised more or less as a muslim by his mother in a mixed household. however, he accepted catholic baptism in 1781 (aged 17), three years after the death of his catholic father. incidentally, his widowed step-mother, begum samru, also accepted catholic baptism at the same time. upon his baptism, the young man's name was changed to "walter balthazzar reinhardt," or (according to a biography of his grandson) "aloysius balthazzar reinhardt." he married julia anne (or juliana) le fevre (1770–1815), daughter of a captain in begum samru's service. julia anna was also known as juliana, as madame reybaud and as bhai begum. the couple had two children, a son, aloysius reinhardt, who died young and is buried in the akbar church in agra, and a daughter, julia anne (or juliana). zafar yab alias walter/aloysius reinhardt died in 1799 of cholera, being survived by his wife juliana (who died in 1815) and his daughter, also named juliana.
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