Bessarion

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Bessarion

• Venerable Bessarion the GreatJune 6Egyptian monk and Desert Father who wandered the Nitrian Desert in the fourth and fifth centuries.
• BLSaint Bessarion of LarissaSeptember 15Born Vasileios Tsigaridas into a family of monastics, Metropolitan of Larissa, who died in 1540.
• New Martyr Bessarion of SmolyanJuly 29A Bulgarian saint of Smolyan, who died in 1670.
• BVenerable BessarionFebruary 20
• BNew Martyr BessarionAugust 14A Georgian archdeacon, killed in 1924 together with Metropolitan Nazar and his priests.
• BGVenerable Bessarion of GrigoriouAn abbot of Grigoriou Monastery, who reposed in 1974; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
• BDVenerable Bessarion of DionysiouAn Athonite elder of Dionysiou Monastery, who reposed in 1952; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
• BGVenerable Martyr Bessarion of GarejiAugust 12A venerable martyr of the brotherhood of Saint David's Monastery at Gareji, killed in 1851.
• BISaint Bessarion ISeptember 15Metropolitan of Larissa in the 15th century, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• BFVenerable Bessarion of FagarasAn archimandrite, founder of Cocoș Monastery in Dobruja, who reposed in 1862; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
• BIVenerable Bessarion Ionescu of CernicaAn archimandrite, abbot of Cernica Monastery, who reposed in 1921; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Bessarion?

The name day of Bessarion is June 6, the feast of Venerable Bessarion the Great. It is also kept on September 15, July 29, February 20, August 14, August 12.

II.Which saints bore the name Bessarion?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 11 saints named Bessarion, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Bessarion a good baptismal name?

Yes. Bessarion is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Bessarion the Great as patron.