A baptismal name for a boy
Artemon
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Artemon
Hieromartyr Artemon of LaodiceaApril 13Priest of Laodicea who died a martyr around 305; commemorated on April 13.- Martyr ArtemonNovember 9A monastic saint honored in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Saint Artemon of SeleuciaMarch 24Bishop of Seleucia, venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church.
- Venerable Artemon ShestakovA monastic saint honored in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Questions
The name day of Artemon is April 13, the feast of Hieromartyr Artemon of Laodicea. It is also kept on November 9, March 24.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Artemon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Artemon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Artemon of Laodicea as patron.