Confirmation serves to "confirm" a baptized person in their faith.  The Rite of Confirmation can occur as early as age 7 for children who were baptized as infants but is commonly received around age 13.  It is performed immediately after baptism for adult converts.  A Bishop normally performs the rite, which includes laying on of hands in prayer and blessing and the anointing of the forehead with chrism (holy oil) with the words, "Be sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit."  In so sealing that person as a member of the church, the outward rite of confirmation signifies the inner presence of the Holy Spirit, who is believed to provide the strength to live out a life of faith.  At confirmation, a Catholic symbolically takes the name of a saint to be his or her patron.