#unbaptized

According to tradition, unbaptized or prematurely deceased baptized children were buried in this place. It seems people looked to the Virgin Mary, who shows mercy to every suffering person, to intercede with her Son to save their child who had departed this life prematurely. Their plea was even greater when the child was unbaptized, hoping for the mercy of the Virgin Mary and Christ so that the child, who was not at fault, would not be lost and could gain the desired paradise.

In medieval Scotland, children who died unbaptized became spirits called Tarans. Their souls wandered woods and places of solitude. It was thought unlucky tread over their graves.

from /r/vexillologycirclejerk Top comment: I kind of like it

Have I ever told you about hell, dear?

All of it could have been easily avoided by raising me as the girl i ought to have been \/(ツ)\/ but now I just have a very odd relationship to relics, rosaries, and saints as a trans archaeologist, working in christian countries.

30th August 2025

"This is not my home, I will have no peace."