A baptismal name for a girl· A rare, distinctive name
Agape
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Agape
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Martyr Agape of ThessalonicaApril 3Martyr of Thessalonica who died in 304 during the persecution of Diocletian.- Martyr Agape of AntiochMarch 11A martyr of Antioch, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Saint Agape of TerniFebruary 15Saint honored at Terni in Italy; the sources preserve few details about her.
Questions
The name day of Agape is April 3, the feast of Martyr Agape of Thessalonica. It is also kept on March 11, February 15.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Agape, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Agape is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Agape of Thessalonica as patron.