A baptismal name for a girl
Antonia
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Antonia
- Martyr AntoniaApril 29A martyr commemorated with Saints Agapius and Secundinus.
- Martyr AntoniaJune 2A martyr at Lyon, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Venerable Martyr Antonia TimofeevaOctober 23A Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1942, during the communist persecution.
Questions
The name day of Antonia is April 29, the feast of Martyr Antonia. It is also kept on June 2, October 23.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Antonia, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Antonia is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Antonia as patron.