Human genius is often perceived as the greatest Gift of God, especially if a child's unusual abilities are manifested from a very early age. Such children have always been surrounded by a halo of mystery and mysticism, and aroused admiration and awe.
Information about the birth of children - geniuses that came to us from time immemorial, is rather vague, and, undoubtedly, the most striking personality of the child prodigies of past eras is Christian Friedrich Heineken, known to the whole world as "the baby from Lubeck". Fate is rarely favorable to such miraculous children, and the short, like a flash of a star, the life of this boy is another confirmation of this. Start.
In early February 1971, a son was born to the architect and artist Paul Heineken in the German city of Lubeck. The boy was named Christian (a rather apt name for a child who has devoted his whole life to the study of religion). The amazing abilities of the baby began to manifest themselves very, very early - at 10 months, the baby learned to speak, and at the age of one, the boy knew the contents of the first five books of the Bible, at two years old he could tell from memory all the facts of the Holy Bible history.
A year later, the little genius took up the study of history and geography. It would seem that this knowledge at such a tender age can be limited, but Christian is additionally interested in biology and mathematics, and at the age of four he was closely engaged in the study of the historical aspects of the development of the church and religion. Glory.
The parents of the baby, realizing that money can be made from their son's abilities (and considerable), arranged meetings with him for those who were interested in such a unique phenomenon, not caring that this was an unbearable mental and physical stress for a weak child. The four-year-old toddler often travels, has discussions on an equal footing with scholars, and also gets the honor of an audience with King Frederick IX, who called this child a "miracle". In addition to constant visits, Christians write and read a lot, and finally, the fragile body of a child cannot withstand such a load.
After his famous trip to the king, the boy finally fell ill. However, his parents allowed admission of visitors to the terminally ill child. The end.
Due to the fact that Christian could not eat anything except cereals, he develops celiac disease, in addition, mental and perception disorders progress - the boy develops pathological cleanliness, any sounds cause him severe pain, and because of severe muscle pain the child suffers from insomnia. The four-year-old child prodigy knew that he would soon die, he himself uttered a phrase in Latin that foreshadowed his imminent end: "Vita nostra fumis …" which means "life is burning out" … June 27, 1975, before he was five years old, Christian Heineken has passed away.
His last words were addressed to Jesus … The boy's parents were sensitive to the one who would come to honor the memory of their son - a lot of famous people came to say goodbye to him, and their names were carefully written down in a special book by the father of the miracle child.
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The boy's body was buried only 2 weeks later. An engraving made by a contemporary of the little genius has survived to this day - a boy in old clothes stands among open books …