A baptismal name for a boy
Cornelius
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Cornelius
Hieromartyr Cornelius of RomeSeptember 16Bishop of Rome from 251 to 253, who died a martyr during persecution.
Hieromartyr Cornelius the CenturionSeptember 13Roman officer of Caesarea, the first Gentile baptized by the Apostle Peter, as told in the Acts of the Apostles.
Venerable Martyr Cornelius of Pskov-PechoryFebruary 20Abbot of the Pskov-Pechory monastery from 1529 to 1570, by tradition killed by Ivan the Terrible.
Venerable Cornelius of KomelMay 19Russian monk, founder of the Komel monastery, born in 1457 and died in 1537.
Venerable Cornelius of PaleostrovMay 19He left his native city in youth and wandered among monasteries and deserts; he founded the Nativity Monastery at Paleostrov.Venerable Cornelius of KrypetskDecember 28Monk born in 1841 who spent his entire adult life at Krypetsk Monastery.
- Venerable Cornelius of PereslavlJuly 22Ascetic of Pereslavl, a schemamonk and silent one, born in Ryazan into a wealthy merchant family, who died in 1693.
- Venerable Cornelius of PadanJune 3Sixteenth-century disciple of Alexander of Svir, founder of the St Nicholas Verkhopadan Hermitage.
- Venerable Cornelius of AleksandrovJune 23A venerable father of Aleksandrov, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Cornelius of KozheozeroJune 27A venerable father of the Kozheozero lake region, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Cornelius of OstrovMay 21A venerable father of Ostrov, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Hieromartyr Cornelius UdilovichNovember 24A hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
Questions
The name day of Cornelius is September 16, the feast of Hieromartyr Cornelius of Rome. It is also kept on September 13, February 20, May 19, December 28, July 22, June 3, June 23, June 27.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Cornelius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Cornelius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Cornelius of Rome as patron.