A baptismal name for a boy
Blaise
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Blaise
Hieromartyr Blaise of SebasteFebruary 11Physician and bishop of Sebaste in Lesser Armenia, killed for his faith around 316.- Saint BlaiseMarch 31
- Saint BlaiseFebruary 22A venerable hierarch commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Blaise of CaesareaFebruary 3Martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia who suffered for Christ.
- Hieromartyr Blaise of AcarnaniaJuly 7A hieromartyr of Acarnania who died for Christ in 1006.
- Martyr Blaise and DemetriusNovember 29Martyrs of Veroli in Italy.
Questions
The name day of Blaise is February 11, the feast of Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste. It is also kept on March 31, February 22, February 3, July 7, November 29.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Blaise, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Blaise is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste as patron.