A baptismal name for a boy
Adrian
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Adrian
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Saint Adrian III of RomeJuly 8Bishop of Rome from 884 to 885, who died on the way to the imperial diet at Worms.
Venerable Adrian of OndrusovMay 17Russian nobleman born Andrew Zavalishin, who became a monk and is honored as a wonderworker; died in 1549.
Venerable Martyr Adrian of PoshekhonyeNovember 19Russian monk and iconographer, founder and first abbot of the Dormition monastery at Poshekhonye, died 1550.
Martyr Adrian of CaesareaMarch 5Martyr from Batanea, died at Caesarea in Palestine in 308 with Eubulus; commemorated on March 5.
Venerable Adrian of MonzaMay 5Born Ammos in Kostroma, founder of the Annunciation monastery on the Monza River; he died in 1619.- Venerable Adrian of UglichAugust 26Hieromonk, disciple and cell attendant of Paisius of Uglich, who died after 1504.
- Hieromartyr Adrian TroitskyFebruary 3Russian priest who died in Yoshkar-Ola on 15 February 1938; added to the Synaxis of New Martyrs in 2002.
- Venerable Adrian of YugaHieromonk of the Yuga Dorofeeva Hermitage, born Andrew Semyonovsky in 1800 and died in 1853.
- Venerable Adrian of VolokolamskMay 8A Russian monk of Volokolamsk, venerated as a holy monk.
- Venerable Adrian of MonzaJanuary 23
- Martyr Adrian of DamascusNovember 1A martyr of Damascus, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Adrian of CorinthApril 17A martyr of Corinth, put to death for his faith in Christ.
Questions
The name day of Adrian is July 8, the feast of Saint Adrian III of Rome. It is also kept on May 17, November 19, March 5, May 5, August 26, February 3, May 8, January 23.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Adrian, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Adrian is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Adrian III of Rome as patron.