was baptized at the Catholic church of Vadakkankulam village… by Jesuit priest Father Bouttari
1745
St Devasahayam baptised here
On 14 May 1745, after nine months of instruction, Fr Buttari baptised Neelakanta Pillai, a Nair officer from the court of Travancore, in the Holy Family Church, giving him the name Devasahayam ("God is my help"); his godfather was the catechist Gnanaprakasam Pillai. The Holy See itself confirms Vadakkankulam as the place of this baptism, the single best-documented fact in the parish's whole history.
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What this source establishes
The PLACE, from the Holy See's own news service. This is the best-attested fact about this village, and it comes from outside us.