Posted on 03/07/2014 8:31:25 AM PST by Salvation
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PATRINI
Sponsors at baptism. So called from the Medieval Latin term, which means those taking the place of parents. They undertake the office of spiritual patents toward those whom they bring to the baptismal font.
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