A baptismal name for a boy
Andronicus
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Andronicus
Apostle Andronicus of PannoniaJanuary 4Greeted by the Apostle Paul in Romans, one of the Seventy Apostles and bishop of Pannonia.
Venerable Andronicus of MoscowJune 13Disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh and first abbot of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery in Moscow, who died in 1373.- Saint AndronicusMarch 2A saint commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Martyr AndronicusSeptember 6A soldier martyr commemorated with Andrew, Pelagia and Thecla.
- Martyr AndronicusOctober 11A martyr at Anazarbus in Cilicia, remembered with Tarachus and Probus, under Diocletian.
- Martyr Andronicus of AnazarbusOctober 12A Christian of Anazarbus in Cilicia, put to death for his faith in Christ in 304.
- Venerable Andronicus of AntiochOctober 9A venerable of Antioch who lived as an ascetic in Egypt, husband of Saint Athanasia.
- Venerable Andronicus of AtroaSeptember 12A monastic saint who struggled at Atroa in Bithynia, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable Andronicus Popovici of Noul NeamtAn archimandrite of Noul Neamț Monastery at Chițcani, who reposed in 1893; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Andronicus of ZverinetsA monastic saint associated with the Zverinets caves in Kyiv.
- Venerable Andronicus of RadonezhJune 13A monastic saint of the Radonezh region, honored by the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Saint Andronicus of PalestineMay 13A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 13 May; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Andronicus is January 4, the feast of Apostle Andronicus of Pannonia. It is also kept on June 13, March 2, September 6, October 11, October 12, October 9, September 12, May 13.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Andronicus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Andronicus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Apostle Andronicus of Pannonia as patron.