A baptismal name for a boy
Anatolius
7 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Anatolius
Saint Anatolius of ConstantinopleJuly 3Patriarch of Constantinople from 449 to 458, in whose time the Council of Chalcedon was held.- Saint Anatolius of LaodiceaJuly 3Syro-Egyptian mathematician and bishop of Laodicea on the Syrian coast from 268, who died in 283.
Venerable Anatolius the RecluseJuly 3Recluse monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra in the twelfth century; little is known of his life.- Martyr Anatolius of NicaeaNovember 20Christian of Nicaea, venerated as a saint, who died around the year 312.
- Saint AnatoliusFebruary 3A bishop from Scotland who, after a pilgrimage to Rome, lived as a hermit at Salins in the Jura.
- Martyr Anatolius of NicomediaApril 23A martyr of Nicomedia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Venerable Anatolius the SinaiteApril 26A venerable monk of Mount Sinai, commemorated on 26 April in the Orthodox Synaxarion; no details of his life are known.
Questions
The name day of Anatolius is July 3, the feast of Saint Anatolius of Constantinople. It is also kept on November 20, February 3, April 23, April 26.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 7 saints named Anatolius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Anatolius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Anatolius of Constantinople as patron.