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Would someone please translate this Baptismal record.

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The text is Latin, and it says approximatively:
In the third day of April (no year), the cardinal (can't read name) gave the name of Calogero (another name) Filippo to the children born in Palermo at 3:15 pm by Geronimo (Hieronimus) and Angelica.
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Ciao,
April 3rd,
Calogero Mancuso, son of Girolamo and Antonina Santoro (?), born at (almost) 9. Godparents Filippo and Angelica Di Palermo.
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Ehm....
I think we need a third translation for a check...
However, it seemed to me, too, that there was a Cardinal involved, but I couldn't read his name, either.
About time of birth, I must admit I'm not sure about the meaning of "hora quasi nona" (Max, did we read it the same way?).
As to the names of parents and godparents, I'm quite sure, with the exception of mother's surname.
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Ehm....
I think we need a third translation for a check...
However, it seemed to me, too, that there was a Cardinal involved, but I couldn't read his name, either.
About time of birth, I must admit I'm not sure about the meaning of "hora quasi nona" (Max, did we read it the same way?).
As to the names of parents and godparents, I'm quite sure, with the exception of mother's surname.
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PippoM wrote:Ehm....
I think we need a third translation for a check...
However, it seemed to me, too, that there was a Cardinal involved, but I couldn't read his name, either.
About time of birth, I must admit I'm not sure about the meaning of "hora quasi nona" (Max, did we read it the same way?).
As to the names of parents and godparents, I'm quite sure, with the exception of mother's surname.
Hora quasi nona is about 3pm. I read it and checked on wikipedia. :D
This is the canonical way to read time in the past.
You can find this info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_hours
Now it's about disappeared in the civil use.
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Thanks for the information!!!
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