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Conor McGregor beams from the Vatican during son’s baptism

The world saw the softer side of Conoಌr McGregor S൲aturday.

The proud papa and UFC legend was in The Vatican for the baptism of his who was born in May, the third child of the 33-year-old Irish pugilist and his partner Dee Devlin.

The often feisty McGregor beamed brightly as he walked through St. Peter’s Basilica while carrying one of his older children, wrapped in a bright leopard-print jumper, who appeared to be sleeping on his shoulder.

Earlier, McGregor sipped from a striped tea cup on a crowded R𓃲ome street, as security attempted to hold back paparazzi and onlookers, a photo showed.

🐓Devlin was seen inside🧸 the chapel in another image, wearing a black mask, carrying the baby.

Rian was baptized in the Choir Chapel inside St. Peter’s Basilica, the world’s largest church and considered the spiritual center of Catholicism. Minibuses carried the McGregor family from their hotel to the cathedral, where they entered the chapel through an internal door.

McGregor carrying his daughter, Croia inside St. Peter’s Basilica. Cobra Team / BACKGRID
Dee Devlin carries 3-month-old Rian at his baptism ceremony. MEGA

The remains of several saints are beneath t🍎he altar of the elaborate chape🦋l.

🍷The ceremony, a rite of passage for Christians around the world, capped off a family trip to Rome for McGregor. He posted images from Rome on Instagram, seated on a couch with “the creator of my world my beautiful mother Margaret.”

A♏nother set of his Instagram images shows crowds of people, cameras overhead, surrounding a lux🍬ury black vehicle as it attempts to move down the street.

“Ciao Roman Empire,” he wrote.

McGregor was also pictured during the trip sharing sips of his Proper No. 12 Wജhiskey with legendary soccer manager Jose Mourinho, who has led some of the world’s most famous clubs, including AS Romꦡa today.

McGregor leaving his hotel in Rome for the baptism, carrying a striped tea cup. Cobra Team / BACKGRID

Rian is the you♑nger brother of Conor♔ Jr. and Croia.

Catholics need to obtain special permission fromꩵ their local priest before having children baptized outside their home parish.