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For the Christmas gift-bringer he inspired, see <a href="/wiki/Christkind" title="Christkind">Christkind</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Baby Jesus" redirects here. For the rapper formerly known as "Baby Jesus", see <a href="/wiki/DaBaby" title="DaBaby">DaBaby</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Child_Jesus_of_Prague_(original_statue).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Child_Jesus_of_Prague_%28original_statue%29.jpg/220px-Child_Jesus_of_Prague_%28original_statue%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Child_Jesus_of_Prague_%28original_statue%29.jpg/330px-Child_Jesus_of_Prague_%28original_statue%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Child_Jesus_of_Prague_%28original_statue%29.jpg/440px-Child_Jesus_of_Prague_%28original_statue%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="978" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption>The famous statue of the <a href="/wiki/Infant_Jesus_of_Prague" title="Infant Jesus of Prague">Infant Jesus of Prague</a>, given by Princess <a href="/wiki/Polyxena_of_Lobkowicz" title="Polyxena of Lobkowicz">Polyxena of Lobkowicz</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">Discalced Carmelites</a> in 1628</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Christ Child</b>, also known as <b>Divine Infant</b>, <b>Baby Jesus</b>, <b>Infant Jesus</b>, the <b>Divine Child</b>, <b>Child Jesus</b>, the <b>Holy Child</b>, <b>Divino Niño</b>, and <b>Santo Niño</b> in Hispanic nations, refers to <a href="/wiki/Jesus_in_Christianity" title="Jesus in Christianity">Jesus Christ</a> from his <a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">nativity</a> until age 12. </p><p>The four <a href="/wiki/Canonical_gospel" class="mw-redirect" title="Canonical gospel">canonical gospels</a> lack any narrative covering the years between Jesus' infancy and his parents' <a href="/wiki/Finding_in_the_Temple" title="Finding in the Temple">finding him in the Temple</a> when he was 12. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Liturgical_feasts">Liturgical feasts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Child&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Liturgical feasts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sant%27Apollinare_Nuovo,_mosaico_della_Madre_di_Dio_in_trono_con_il_Bambino,_circondata_da_quattro_angeli._-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Sant%27Apollinare_Nuovo%2C_mosaico_della_Madre_di_Dio_in_trono_con_il_Bambino%2C_circondata_da_quattro_angeli._-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Sant%27Apollinare_Nuovo%2C_mosaico_della_Madre_di_Dio_in_trono_con_il_Bambino%2C_circondata_da_quattro_angeli._-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Sant%27Apollinare_Nuovo%2C_mosaico_della_Madre_di_Dio_in_trono_con_il_Bambino%2C_circondata_da_quattro_angeli._-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Sant%27Apollinare_Nuovo%2C_mosaico_della_Madre_di_Dio_in_trono_con_il_Bambino%2C_circondata_da_quattro_angeli._-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Sant%27Apollinare_Nuovo%2C_mosaico_della_Madre_di_Dio_in_trono_con_il_Bambino%2C_circondata_da_quattro_angeli._-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Sant%27Apollinare_Nuovo%2C_mosaico_della_Madre_di_Dio_in_trono_con_il_Bambino%2C_circondata_da_quattro_angeli._-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4182" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sant%27Apollinare_Nuovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Sant'Apollinare Nuovo">Sant'Apollinare Nuovo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ravenna" title="Ravenna">Ravenna</a>, mosaic of the Mother of God enthroned with the Child, surrounded by four angels</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Liturgical_feast" class="mw-redirect" title="Liturgical feast">Liturgical feasts</a> relating to Christ's infancy and childhood include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ</a> (25 December)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Circumcision_of_Christ#Byzantine_Catholic_and_Eastern_Orthodox_Churches" title="Feast of the Circumcision of Christ">Feast of the Circumcision of Christ</a> (1 January – <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preconciliar_rites_after_the_Second_Vatican_Council" title="Preconciliar rites after the Second Vatican Council">Extraordinary form</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a>)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Holy_Name_of_Jesus" title="Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus">Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus</a> (3 January – Roman Rite; others – various)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)" title="Epiphany (holiday)">Feast of the Epiphany</a> (6 January or 19 January in the Gregorian equivalent of the <a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a>)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Presentation_of_Jesus_at_the_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Presentation of Jesus at the Temple">Feast of the Presentation of the Lord</a> (2 February)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Depictions_in_art">Depictions in art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Child&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Depictions in art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anthony_pereda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Anthony_pereda.jpg/170px-Anthony_pereda.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Anthony_pereda.jpg/255px-Anthony_pereda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Anthony_pereda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="324" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Saint_Anthony_of_Padua" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Anthony of Padua">Saint Anthony of Padua</a> adoring the Christ Child. Oil on canvas, 1622, <a href="/wiki/Antonio_de_Pereda" title="Antonio de Pereda">Antonio de Pereda</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>From about the third or fourth century onwards, the child Jesus is frequently shown in paintings, and sculpture. Commonly these are <a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus_in_art" title="Nativity of Jesus in art">nativity</a> scenes showing the birth of Jesus, with his mother <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a>, and her husband <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a>. </p><p>Depictions as a baby with the Virgin Mary, known as <i><a href="/wiki/Madonna_and_Child" class="mw-redirect" title="Madonna and Child">Madonna and Child</a></i>, are <a href="/wiki/Iconography" title="Iconography">iconographical</a> types in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western</a> traditions. Other scenes from his time as a baby, of his <a href="/wiki/Circumcision_of_Jesus" title="Circumcision of Jesus">circumcision</a>, presentation at the temple, the <a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi" title="Adoration of the Magi">adoration of the Magi</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Flight_into_Egypt" title="Flight into Egypt">flight into Egypt</a>, are common.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scenes showing his developing years are more rare but not unknown. </p><p>Saint Joseph, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_of_Padua" title="Anthony of Padua">Anthony of Padua</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Christopher" title="Saint Christopher">Saint Christopher</a> are often depicted holding the Christ Child. The <a href="/wiki/Christian_mystic" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian mystic">Christian mystics</a> Ss. <a href="/wiki/Teresa_of_%C3%81vila" title="Teresa of Ávila">Teresa of Ávila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_of_Lisieux" title="Thérèse of Lisieux">Thérèse of Lisieux</a>, along with the devotees of the <a href="/wiki/Divino_Ni%C3%B1o" title="Divino Niño">Divino Niño</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Mother_Angelica" title="Mother Angelica">Mother Angelica</a> and Giovanni Rizzo claim to have had apparitions of the Infant Jesus. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinturicchio,_madonna_che_insegna_a_ges%C3%B9_bambino_a_leggere,_1500_ca._02.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Pinturicchio%2C_madonna_che_insegna_a_ges%C3%B9_bambino_a_leggere%2C_1500_ca._02.JPG/220px-Pinturicchio%2C_madonna_che_insegna_a_ges%C3%B9_bambino_a_leggere%2C_1500_ca._02.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Pinturicchio%2C_madonna_che_insegna_a_ges%C3%B9_bambino_a_leggere%2C_1500_ca._02.JPG/330px-Pinturicchio%2C_madonna_che_insegna_a_ges%C3%B9_bambino_a_leggere%2C_1500_ca._02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Pinturicchio%2C_madonna_che_insegna_a_ges%C3%B9_bambino_a_leggere%2C_1500_ca._02.JPG/440px-Pinturicchio%2C_madonna_che_insegna_a_ges%C3%B9_bambino_a_leggere%2C_1500_ca._02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2014" data-file-height="2850" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Madonna_with_the_Christ_Child_Writing" title="Madonna with the Christ Child Writing">Madonna with the Christ Child Writing</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Pinturicchio" title="Pinturicchio">Pinturicchio</a> c. 1500</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="During_the_Middle_Ages">During the Middle Ages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Child&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: During the Middle Ages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Christ Child was a popular subject in European wood sculpture beginning in the 1300s.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Christ Child was well known in Spain under the title <i>montañesino</i> after the <i><a href="/wiki/Santo_(art)" title="Santo (art)">santero</a></i> sculptor <a href="/wiki/Juan_Mart%C3%ADnez_Monta%C3%B1%C3%A9s" title="Juan Martínez Montañés">Juan Martínez Montañés</a> began the trend. These icons of the Christ Child were often posed in the <i><a href="/wiki/Contrapposto" title="Contrapposto">contrapposto</a></i> style in which the positioning of the knees reflected in the opposite direction,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> similar to ancient depictions of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Emperor">Roman Emperor</a>. </p><p>The images were quite popular among nobility of Spain and Portugal. Colonial images of the Christ child also began to wear <a href="/wiki/Vestments" class="mw-redirect" title="Vestments">vestments</a>, a pious practice developed by the <i>santero</i> culture in later colonial years, carrying the depiction of holding the <i><a href="/wiki/Globus_cruciger" title="Globus cruciger">globus cruciger</a></i>, a bird symbolizing a soul or the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Spirit</a>, or various paraphernalia related to its locality or region. </p><p>The symbolism of the Christ Child in art reached its apex during the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Family" title="Holy Family">Holy Family</a> was a central theme in the works of <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci" title="Leonardo da Vinci">Leonardo da Vinci</a> and many other masters.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Apocrypha">Apocrypha</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Child&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Apocrypha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some <a href="/wiki/Biblical_apocrypha" title="Biblical apocrypha">Biblical apocrypha</a> contain the <a href="/wiki/Infancy_Gospels" class="mw-redirect" title="Infancy Gospels">Infancy Gospels</a> provide accounts of the birth and early life of Jesus. These are sometimes depicted. These stories were intended to show Jesus as having extraordinary gifts of power and knowledge, even from a young age. A common tale has the young Jesus animating sparrows out of clay belonging to his playmates. When admonished for doing so on the <a href="/wiki/Sabbath" title="Sabbath">Sabbath</a>, as in later life, he makes the birds fly away.<sup id="cite_ref-roten_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roten-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Devotional_images">Devotional images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Child&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Devotional images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Infant_Jesus_of_Mechelen" title="Infant Jesus of Mechelen">Infant Jesus of Mechelen</a></div> <p>Several historically significant images of the Christ Child have been <a href="/wiki/Canonical_Coronation" class="mw-redirect" title="Canonical Coronation">canonically crowned</a>, namely the <a href="/wiki/Bambino_Gesu_of_Arenzano" title="Bambino Gesu of Arenzano">Bambino Gesu of Arenzano</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Santo_Bambino_of_Aracoeli" title="Santo Bambino of Aracoeli">Santo Bambino of Aracoeli</a> (both in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Infant_Jesus_of_Prague" title="Infant Jesus of Prague">Infant Jesus of Prague</a> (<a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>), and the <a href="/wiki/Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Ceb%C3%BA" title="Santo Niño de Cebú">Santo Niño de Cebú</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>). </p><p>In the 17th century, French Carmelites promoted veneration of the "Little King of Beaune".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 19th century, a devotion to the "Holy Child of Remedy" developed in <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Child&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sbs-0008_028r_Jesus_macht_die_Tonv%C3%B6gelchen_lebendig.TIF" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Sbs-0008_028r_Jesus_macht_die_Tonv%C3%B6gelchen_lebendig.TIF/lossy-page1-170px-Sbs-0008_028r_Jesus_macht_die_Tonv%C3%B6gelchen_lebendig.TIF.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Sbs-0008_028r_Jesus_macht_die_Tonv%C3%B6gelchen_lebendig.TIF/lossy-page1-255px-Sbs-0008_028r_Jesus_macht_die_Tonv%C3%B6gelchen_lebendig.TIF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Sbs-0008_028r_Jesus_macht_die_Tonv%C3%B6gelchen_lebendig.TIF/lossy-page1-340px-Sbs-0008_028r_Jesus_macht_die_Tonv%C3%B6gelchen_lebendig.TIF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="872" data-file-height="1456" /></a><figcaption>Jesus animating the clay bird toys of his playmates (Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk, <a href="/wiki/Germania" title="Germania">Germania</a>, 14th century)</figcaption></figure> <p><i><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A0ladh_Chr%C3%ACosda" title="Tàladh Chrìosda">Tàladh Chrìosda</a></i> ("Christ Child Lullaby") is a Scottish carol from Moidart, Scotland. The <a href="/wiki/Catholic_priest" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic priest">Catholic priest</a> Ranald Rankin, wrote the lyrics for Midnight Mass around the year 1855. He originally wrote 29 verses in <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</a>, but the popular English translation is limited to five. The melody, <i>Cumha Mhic Arois</i> ("Lament for Mac Àrois"), is from the <a href="/wiki/Hebrides" title="Hebrides">Hebrides</a> and was a sung as a protective charm for the fisherman away at sea. The rhythm mirrors the rhythm of the surf. It is sung in the Hebrides at Midnight Mass on <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve" title="Christmas Eve">Christmas Eve</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archconfraternity_of_the_Holy_Infancy">Archconfraternity of the Holy Infancy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Child&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Archconfraternity of the Holy Infancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1636, a <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelite" class="mw-redirect" title="Discalced Carmelite">Discalced Carmelite</a> nun, Venerable <a href="/w/index.php?title=Margaret_of_the_Blessed_Sacrament_of_Beaune&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament of Beaune (page does not exist)">Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament</a>, founded the Association of the Child Jesus in <a href="/wiki/Beaune" title="Beaune">Beaune</a>, France, in honor of the divine infancy. Later, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Autun" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun">Bishop of Autun</a> canonically established the Confraternity of the Holy Infancy. On 1639 a chapel was built in the Carmel of Beaune, dedicated to the Infant Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gaston_Jean_Baptiste_de_Renty" title="Gaston Jean Baptiste de Renty">Gaston Jean Baptiste de Renty</a> donated a statue which came to be referred to the "Little King of Grace".<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://enfantjesusdebeaune.free.fr/2017/ANGLAIS/EJ.JPG">[1]</a> He then introduced <a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Olier" title="Jean-Jacques Olier">Jean-Jacques Olier</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Priests_of_Saint_Sulpice" title="Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice">Sulpicians</a>, to Sister Margaret.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Olier then established the devotion to the Holy Infant at <a href="/wiki/Saint-Sulpice,_Paris" title="Saint-Sulpice, Paris">Saint-Sulpice, Paris</a>. <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_F%C3%A9nelon" title="François Fénelon">François Fénelon</a>, who was then a priest at Saint-Sulpice, composed litanies of the Infant Jesus. <a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VII" title="Pope Alexander VII">Pope Alexander VII</a> approved the Confraternity in January 1661; <a href="/wiki/Pius_IX" class="mw-redirect" title="Pius IX">Pius IX</a> made it an archconfraternity in 1855.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christ_Child_Society">Christ Child Society</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Child&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Christ Child Society"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Christ Child Society was founded in 1885 in Washington, D.C., by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Virginia_Merrick" title="Mary Virginia Merrick">Mary Virginia Merrick</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a small relief organization to aid local underprivileged children. Additional chapters were started in other cities.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Child&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jesulein_mit_dem_Kreuz_Siena_1820_MfK_Wgt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Child Jesus representing the Passion of Jesus Christ, c. 1820, Weingarten"><img alt="Child Jesus representing the Passion of Jesus Christ, c. 1820, Weingarten" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Jesulein_mit_dem_Kreuz_Siena_1820_MfK_Wgt.jpg/83px-Jesulein_mit_dem_Kreuz_Siena_1820_MfK_Wgt.jpg" decoding="async" width="83" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Jesulein_mit_dem_Kreuz_Siena_1820_MfK_Wgt.jpg/125px-Jesulein_mit_dem_Kreuz_Siena_1820_MfK_Wgt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Jesulein_mit_dem_Kreuz_Siena_1820_MfK_Wgt.jpg/167px-Jesulein_mit_dem_Kreuz_Siena_1820_MfK_Wgt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1277" data-file-height="2752" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Child Jesus representing the Passion of Jesus Christ, c. 1820, Weingarten</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mexico_Holy_Infant_of_Atocha.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Holy Infant of Atocha, Mexico"><img alt="Holy Infant of Atocha, Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mexico_Holy_Infant_of_Atocha.jpg/100px-Mexico_Holy_Infant_of_Atocha.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mexico_Holy_Infant_of_Atocha.jpg/150px-Mexico_Holy_Infant_of_Atocha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mexico_Holy_Infant_of_Atocha.jpg/201px-Mexico_Holy_Infant_of_Atocha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="295" data-file-height="529" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Holy Infant of Atocha, Mexico</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Santa_Maria_in_Aracoeli_Rome_Santo_Bambino.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Santo Bambino of Aracoeli, Rome"><img alt="Santo Bambino of Aracoeli, Rome" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Santa_Maria_in_Aracoeli_Rome_Santo_Bambino.jpg/120px-Santa_Maria_in_Aracoeli_Rome_Santo_Bambino.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Santa_Maria_in_Aracoeli_Rome_Santo_Bambino.jpg/180px-Santa_Maria_in_Aracoeli_Rome_Santo_Bambino.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Santa_Maria_in_Aracoeli_Rome_Santo_Bambino.jpg/240px-Santa_Maria_in_Aracoeli_Rome_Santo_Bambino.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2575" data-file-height="3862" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Santo_Bambino_of_Aracoeli" title="Santo Bambino of Aracoeli">Santo Bambino of Aracoeli</a>, Rome</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Santissimo_Gesu_de_Malines.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Infant Jesus of Mechelen, Louvre"><img alt="Infant Jesus of Mechelen, Louvre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Santissimo_Gesu_de_Malines.jpg/112px-Santissimo_Gesu_de_Malines.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Santissimo_Gesu_de_Malines.jpg/168px-Santissimo_Gesu_de_Malines.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Santissimo_Gesu_de_Malines.jpg/224px-Santissimo_Gesu_de_Malines.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1342" data-file-height="2153" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Infant_Jesus_of_Mechelen" title="Infant Jesus of Mechelen">Infant Jesus of Mechelen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nino2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Santo Niño de Cebu, Philippines"><img alt="Santo Niño de Cebu, Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Nino2009.jpg/135px-Nino2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Nino2009.jpg/202px-Nino2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Nino2009.jpg/270px-Nino2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Cebu" class="mw-redirect" title="Santo Niño de Cebu">Santo Niño de Cebu</a>, Philippines</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_Child&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Child_Jesus_images_in_Mexico" title="Child Jesus images in Mexico">Child Jesus images in Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Infant_of_Good_Health" title="Holy Infant of Good Health">Holy Infant of Good Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infant_Jesus_of_Mechelen" title="Infant Jesus of Mechelen">Infant Jesus of Mechelen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infant_Jesus_of_Prague" title="Infant Jesus of Prague">Infant Jesus of Prague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Santo Niño (disambiguation)">Santo Niño (disambiguation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santo_Ni%C3%B1o_de_Atocha" class="mw-redirect" title="Santo Niño de Atocha">Santo Niño de Atocha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infant_Mary" title="Infant Mary">Infant Mary</a> – similar devotion to Mary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Studies_of_an_Infant" title="Studies of an Infant">Studies of an Infant</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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