But neither was Lilian her baptismal name.

One year later Guthrum, or Athelstan by his baptismal name, Alfred ’ s former enemy and king of East Anglia, died and was buried in Hadleigh, Suffolk.

" He had been " un-baptized " in 2000, and ten years later he demanded to have his name stricken from the baptismal records, a request granted by a judge in Normany, a decision appealed by the church.

Reports that Kidd came from Greenock have been dismissed by Dr. Dobson, who found neither the name Kidd ( or Kyd ) in baptismal records.

Most historians believe that the word " Dagome " is a melding of two names: the Christian " Dago ," for " Dagobert " ( Mieszko's hypothetical baptismal name ), and the Slavic " Me ," for " Mieszko.

Erasmus was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae.

Kornilov () and Kornilova ( feminine ; ) is a common Russian surname derived from the baptismal name Kornil ().

* 1491 – Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.

However, some historians believe that the word " Dagome " is a melding of two names: the Christian " Dago ," for " Dagobert " ( Mieszko's hypothetical baptismal name ), and the Slavic " Me ," for " Mieszko.

In modern times, Dorothy Dunnett's novel King Hereafter aims to portray a historical Macbeth, but proposes that Macbeth and his rival and sometime ally Thorfinn of Orkney are one and the same ( Thorfinn is his birth name and Macbeth his baptismal name ).

The causal theory of names combines the referential view with the idea that the name's referent is fixed by a baptismal act, whereupon the name becomes a rigid designator of the referent.

Subsequent uses of the name succeed in referring to the referent by being linked by a causal chain to that original baptismal act.

Pope Adrian VI was born in the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht in the Low Countries, and he was the last non-Italian Pope until Pope John Paul II, 455 years later, and is, together with Pope Marcellus II, one of only two modern popes to retain his baptismal name after election.

His baptismal name was Frederick of Lorraine (), and he was a younger brother of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine, who, as Margrave of Tuscany ( by his marriage to Beatrice of Bar, widow of Boniface III of Tuscany ), played a prominent part in the politics of the period.

He was given the baptismal name Stephen ( István ) in honour of the original early Christian Saint Stephen.

Use of the Dutch name, " Wim ", a shortened version of the baptismal name " Wilhelm / Willem ", reflected his mother's Dutch provenance, but the Dutch version was rejected by the civil registration authorities in 1945 as " unGerman ".

Zacharias is his baptismal name, and this is used on the covers of his printed works.

The baptismal name Leopold, patron saint margrave of Austria, was given to one of their sons.

Note: Although Grant's baptismal record records his middle name as " Alec ", it is " Alexander " on his birth certificate.

* May 3 – The ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo, Nkuwu Nzinga, is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.

In the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte ( 911 ) with King Charles, Rollo pledged feudal allegiance to the king, changed his name to the Frankish version, and converted to Christianity, probably with the baptismal name Robert.

* Irene, baptismal name of Tzitzak ( died 750 ), wife of Byzantine Emperor Constantine V

Apollos only knew of the baptism of John which suggests, as is reflected in Acts, that consistent baptismal practice was still developing in the nascent church.

The creed was apparently used as a summary of Christian doctrine for baptismal candidates in the churches of Rome.

Elizabeth was placed in Edward's household and carried the chrisom, or baptismal cloth, at his christening.

Gioachino Antonio Rossini ( ( Giovacchino Antonio Rossini in the baptismal certificate ) ( 29 February 179213 November 1868 ) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces.

For example, Josephus ' description of the death of John the Baptist includes consideration of his virtues, the theology associated with his baptismal practices, his oratorical skills, his influence, the circumstances of his death, and the belief that the destruction of Herod's army was a divine punishment for Herod's slaughter of John.

The earliest preserved text in the Saxon language is a baptismal vow from the late eighth or early ninth century ; the vernacular was used extensively in an effort to Christianise the lowest castes of Saxon society.

A baptismal certificate issued in 1894 lists his date of birth as October 20, 1890 ; however Morton himself and his half-sisters claimed he was born on September 20, 1885.

He was born to F. P. Lamothe and Louise Monette ( written as Lemott and Monett on his baptismal certificate ).

Pope Saint Paschal I ( baptismal name, Pascale Massimi ) was pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 25 January 817 to 11 February 824.

Before 1955, the option existed of blessing the baptismal font on the Vigil of Pentecost, and this was the only time the Paschal candle would be lit at services after Ascension.

Palma was given the Spanish baptismal name Salvador Carlos Antonio.

As late as 1830 local vicars was instructed to write both given ( Christian ) names as well as last names in the baptismal record.

Earlier only the given name of the child, birth date, and baptismal date and sex was written down, together with the parents names.

However, when her baptismal certificate came to light in the late 1990s it was established that Eliza Rosanna Gilbert was actually born in Grange, County Sligo on 17 February 1821.

It houses an ancient baptismal font ( 9th century ) and painted terracotta portraying the Madonna with Child, attributed to Guido Mazzoni.

The narthex would often include a baptismal font so that infants or adults could be baptized there before entering the nave, and to remind other believers of their baptisms as they gathered to worship.

Sometimes there is also holy water font or baptismal font at the entrance of the church, where they may dip their fingers in it and make the sign of the cross upon entering.

Tourists entering East Jerusalem had to present baptismal certificates or other proof they were not Jewish.

More traditional low church Anglicans, under the influence of Calvinist or Reformed thought inherited from the Reformation era, reject the doctrine that the sacraments confer grace ex opere operato ( e. g. baptismal regeneration ) and lay stress on the Bible as the ultimate source of authority in matters of faith necessary for salvation.

The same year, he drew up the baptismal rite for the Swiss Reformed Church in German, which still retained some Catholic elements to it.

On account of their additional adherence to the Articles of Faith, and because of their baptismal views, some regard the church as only nominally Presbyterian, nearer to the Baptist Church, and more nearly allied to modern Fundamentalist Christianity than to the Presbyterian and Reformed tradition.