A baptismal name for a boy
Callistratus
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Callistratus
Saint Callistratus of GeorgiaJanuary 21Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1932 until his death in 1952..jpg)
Martyr Callistratus of CarthageSeptember 27Martyr of Carthage, executed at Rome with forty-nine companions during Diocletian's persecution.- Venerable Callistratus of SucevitaA hermit of the 15th-16th centuries, a disciple of St Daniel the Hermit; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Callistratus is January 21, the feast of Saint Callistratus of Georgia. It is also kept on September 27.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Callistratus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Callistratus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Callistratus of Georgia as patron.