A baptismal name for a boy
Damian
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Damian
Martyr DamianFebruary 12Early martyr, a soldier killed at Alexandria or in Roman Africa, also honored in the West.
Venerable Damian the HealerSeptember 28Monk and priest of the Kiev Caves Monastery, called the Healer, who died between 1062 and 1074.- Saint Damian of PaviaApril 12Bishop of Pavia from 680 who mediated between the Lombards and the Byzantine emperors.
Venerable Martyr Damian the NewFebruary 14Monk killed in 1568, honored for his intercession with God for the gift of children..jpg)
Hieromartyr Damian VoskresenskyOctober 21Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyan, born into a priest's family, shot at Sandarmokh in 1937; canonized in 2000.
Hieromartyr Damian of GrahovoMay 31Serb parish priest killed by the Ustaše in the Jadovno camp in 1941 and canonized by the Serbian Church.- Venerable DamianFebruary 23A holy monk commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
- New Martyr Damian BuchinskyMay 13Ukrainian from Uman, born in 1874 and died in 1937; venerated as a new martyr.
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Unmercenary Damian of ArabiaOctober 17An unmercenary physician born in Arabia, brother of Saint Cosmas, martyred in Cilicia.- Unmercenary Damian of AsiaNovember 1An unmercenary physician of Asia Minor, brother of Saint Cosmas, who healed the sick without payment.
- Unmercenary Damian of RomeJuly 1An unmercenary physician of Rome, brother of Saint Cosmas, who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
- Venerable Damian the Hermit of SyriaA venerable hermit of Syria, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
Questions
The name day of Damian is February 12, the feast of Martyr Damian. It is also kept on September 28, April 12, February 14, October 21, May 31, February 23, May 13, October 17.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Damian, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Damian is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Damian as patron.