Confirmation in the Catholic Church is one of the seven sacraments, and specifically one of the three sacraments of initiation into the Catholic Church, the other two being Baptism and First Communion
Certificate of confirmation of faith of 12-year old Gerardina Vleugels in Reijmerstok, Netherlands (1936)
Bishop Elliott of Melbourne anointing a boy during a 2008 confirmation service
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy
The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are an enumeration of seven spiritual gifts first found in the book of Isaiah, and much commented upon by patristic authors. They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel
Confirmation in the Catholic Church
…a different manner for the minister to give the sign of peace after the anointing, either to each individual or to all the newly confirmed together." Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit Rite of passage…
Stained glass symbolic representation of the Holy Spirit as a dove, c. 1660.
Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Folio from Walters manuscript W.171 (15th century)
Illustration of the Tree of Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Wellcome Collection)