A baptismal name for a boy
Benedict
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Benedict
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Venerable Benedict of NursiaMarch 14Father of Western monasticism, author of a monastic Rule and founder of Monte Cassino.
Saint Benedict II of RomeMay 8Bishop of Rome from 684 to 685, venerated as a saint..jpg)
Venerable Benedict of AnianeFebruary 12Monk called the Second Benedict, reformer of monastic life in the Carolingian Empire, who died in 821.
Venerable Benedict BiscopJanuary 12Anglo-Saxon abbot, founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow and of its famous library, who died in 690.
Saint Benedict of MilanMarch 11Archbishop of Milan from about 685 to 732.
Venerable Benedict of SkalkaJuly 17Benedictine monk born at Nitra, later a hermit; died in 1012 and canonized in 1083.- Martyr Benedict of CupraOctober 13Soldier of the Roman garrison at Cupra, who died a martyr in 304 during the persecution of Christians.
- New Martyr Benedict of EzovaA new martyr from Ezova, who suffered at Thessalonica in 1821.
- Venerable BenedictA monk of Dionysiou Monastery on Athos, reposed in 1914; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Saint Benedict of UrbinoWestern saint of the 11th century, who died in 1003 at Gniezno.
- Saint Benedict I of EmbrunArchbishop of Embrun from about 900, killed at Embrun in 916 or around 930.
- Venerable Benedict of RossikonA hieroschemadeacon of Rossikon, who reposed in 1840; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Benedict is March 14, the feast of Venerable Benedict of Nursia. It is also kept on May 8, February 12, January 12, March 11, July 17, October 13.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Benedict, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Benedict is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Benedict of Nursia as patron.