A baptismal name for a boy
Agathon
11 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Agathon
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Venerable Agathon of EgyptMarch 2Monk of Scetis in Egypt, known for meekness and discernment, one of the Desert Fathers.
Venerable Agathon the WonderworkerFebruary 20Monk of the Kiev Caves Monastery in the 13th-14th centuries, a wonderworker.- Venerable AgathonJanuary 8A venerable father commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Confessor AgathonApril 16A confessor of the faith from Philippi in the age of persecution, around 304.
- Saint AgathonAugust 7A saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Hieromartyr AgathonFebruary 14A presbyter of Alexandria in Egypt, honored as a hieromartyr.
- Martyr Agathon of ThraceAugust 20A martyr of Thrace, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Agathon of GothiaMarch 26A martyr of Gothia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Venerable Agathon of AleppoMarch 10A monastic of the Monastery of Saint Symeon near Aleppo in Syria.
- Venerable Agathon the Hermit of the Buzau MountainsA 14th-century hermit who lived at Fundătura in the Buzău Mountains; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Agathon the HermitAn 18th-century hermit linked to Agafton Monastery in the Botoșani region; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Agathon is March 2, the feast of Venerable Agathon of Egypt. It is also kept on February 20, January 8, April 16, August 7, February 14, August 20, March 26, March 10.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 11 saints named Agathon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Agathon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Agathon of Egypt as patron.