Baptismal names for children born on August 26
The saints remembered on the birthday and on the eighth day, when by tradition the name was given.
Boys' names from this day
ZephyrinusSaint ZephyrinusHadrianMartyr Hadrian of NicomediaAdrianVenerable Adrian of OndrusovCyprianVenerable Cyprian of StorozhevoRomanConfessor Roman MedvedRufinusSaint Rufinus of CapuaAlexanderVenerable Alexander PeresvetAtticusMartyr AtticusClaudiusMartyr ClaudiusCyriacusMartyr CyriacusDemetriusMartyr Demetrius MorozovEleutheriusSaint Eleutherius of AuxerreEliasVenerable Elias of SyracuseFelixVenerable Felix of PistoiaFortunatusSaint FortunatusGelasiusSaint GelasiusJoasaphVenerable Joasaph of IndiaJustusMartyr Justus of LecceMarinusMartyr MarinusMaximusMartyr Maximus of RomePeterHieromartyr Peter IevlevValeriusSaint Valerius of CouseransVictorMartyr Victor of CorinthAndreiVenerable Andrei RublevFeodorRight-Believing Feodor I of RussiaTitusApostle TitusNinianSaint Ninian of WhithornMacariusSaint Macarius NevskyJohnSaint John II the CappadocianGeorgeConfessor George KossovNicholasConfessor Nicholas Mogilevsky
Girls' names from this day
From the eighth day, September 2
AntoninusMartyr Antoninus of PamiersJustusSaint Justus of LyonElpidiusSaint Elpidius of LyonBarsanuphiusHieromartyr Barsanuphius LebedevVladimirHieromartyr Vladimir MorinskyDamasceneHieromartyr Damascene TsedrikJohnSaint John the FasterAnatolyMartyr Anatoly BarashkovAntoniusSaint Antonius of AgenCallistusMartyr Callistus of NicaeaCosmasConfessor Cosmas the HermitDiomedesMartyr DiomedesEuthymiusHieromartyr Euthymius GoryachevEutychiusMartyr EutychiusHesychiusMartyr HesychiusJulianMartyr JulianLeonidMartyr LeonidMenalapMartyr Menalap of NicomediaMichaelMartyr Michael TrubnikovNicholasMartyr Nicholas BurlakovPaulMartyr Paul ElkinPeterHieromartyr Peter NovoselskyPhilipMartyr Philip MaryshevStephenHieromartyr Stephen YaroshevichVictorHieromartyr Victor BasovZenoHoly Martyrs Zeno and his sons Concordius and TheodorePhinehasProphet PhinehasTheodosiusVenerable Theodosius of TotmaHilarionHieromartyr Hilarion TroitskyValentineSaint Valentine of GenoaMaximaMartyr Maxima of RomeSeraphimaVenerable Martyr Seraphima SulimovaTheodotaMartyr Theodota of Nicaea
All the saints of August 26
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Saint ZephyrinusBishop of Rome from 199 to 217, successor of Victor I and predecessor of Callixtus.
Martyr Hadrian of NicomediaRoman officer of Nicomedia who confessed faith in Christ and died a martyr in 306.
Holy Martyrs Adrian and NataliaAdrian, a guard of Emperor Galerius, confessed Christ at Nicomedia and died in 306, supported by his wife Natalia.
Saint Orontius of LecceRegarded as the first bishop of Lecce, honored with Fortunatus and Justus, figures of his legend.
Martyr Natalia of NicomediaWife of the martyr Adrian of Nicomedia, counted among the bloodless martyrs in the early 4th century.
Venerable Elena of MoscowFirst abbess of Novodevichy Convent in Moscow, a schemanun, who died in 1547 or 1548.
Fool-for-Christ Maria of DiveevoThe third of the three blessed ones canonized at Diveevo, born about 1870 and died in 1931.- Venerable Adrian of UglichHieromonk, disciple and cell attendant of Paisius of Uglich, who died after 1504.
- Venerable Cyprian of StorozhevoRussian monk venerated in the village of Nadkopanye in the Leningrad region.
Confessor Roman MedvedPriest born in Zamość, glorified in 2000 as a confessor, who died in 1937 in Maloyaroslavets.- Saint Rufinus of CapuaBishop of Capua from 410 to 423, born in Palestine; commemorated on 25 August.
- Venerable AireidA monastic saint remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
Martyr Alexander of BergamoA soldier slain for Christ at Bergamo around 303.- Martyr AnthimusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr AntiochusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr Atticus
- Saint CarteriusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr ClaudiusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr CyriacusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr Demetrius MorozovA Russian believer put to death for his faith in Christ in 1937, during the communist persecution.
Saint EdernA Breton saint honored in Brittany.- Martyr EleutheriusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Saint Eleutherius of AuxerreBishop of Auxerre in Gaul, who reposed around 561.
- Venerable Elias of SyracuseA holy man of Syracuse in Sicily, reposed around 660.
- Martyr EuethiusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr EuretusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Venerable Felix of PistoiaA saint honored at Pistoia in Italy from the age of the undivided Church.
Saint FortunatusA saint venerated at Lecce, remembered in the calendars of the Church.- Saint GelasiusA saint named Gelasius, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr GentiliusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr HermogenesOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Holy Martyrs Irenaeus and AbundiusMartyrs who suffered together for Christ around 258.
Saint JanuariusA hierarch of Italy, from the time of the persecutions of the early 4th century.- Venerable Joasaph
- Martyr Justus of LecceDisciple of the apostle Paul according to a twelfth-century manuscript; he converted Orontius and Fortunatus and was martyred.
- Saint LicerA saint honored in the West; very little is recorded about him.
- Martyr MardoniusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr MarinusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr Maximus of RomeA martyr honored at Rome, remembered in the catacomb of Saint Hermes.
- Martyr MenodiusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Venerable PandwynaA virgin honored in England, reposed around 904.
- Fool-for-Christ Pelagia of DiveyevoFool-for-Christ of Diveyevo in the nineteenth century, greatly venerated.
- Martyr Peter BordanChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Hieromartyr Peter IevlevCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1918, during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr PharetriusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
Martyr Secundus of VentimigliaA martyr honored at Ventimiglia in Liguria.- Holy Martyrs Simplicius and his sons Constantius and VictorianMartyrs among the Marsi, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
- Martyr SisiniusA martyr of Attica, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr SynetusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Holy Martyrs The Twenty-three Martyrs with Adrian of NicomediaTwenty-three martyrs of Nicomedia, commemorated together with Adrian; venerated locally.
- Martyr TheagonesOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr ThyrsusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Saint TroadiusOne of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Saint Valerius of CouseransA hierarch remembered in Western calendars, died around 504; few details survive.
- Hieromartyr Victor EllanskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr Victor of Caesarea in MauretaniaA martyr honored at Caesarea in Mauretania, of whom little is known.
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Venerable Andrei RublevRussian monk, the greatest icon painter of medieval Rus, author of the icon of the Holy Trinity..jpg)
Right-Believing Feodor I of RussiaFeodor I Ioannovich (Russian: Феодор I Иoаннович) or Fyodor I Ivanovich (Russian: Фёдор I Иванович; 31 May 1557 – 17 January 1598), nicknamed the Blessed (Блаженный), was Tsar of all Russia from 1584 until his death in 1598..jpg)
Apostle TitusDisciple and companion of the Apostle Paul, recipient of one of his epistles, first bishop of Crete.
Questions
From the saints of the day: Zephyrinus, Hadrian, Adrian, Cyprian, Roman, Rufinus, Alexander, Atticus, Claudius, Cyriacus, Demetrius, Eleutherius, Elias, Felix, Fortunatus, Gelasius, Joasaph, Justus, Marinus, Maximus, Peter, Valerius, Victor, Andrei, Feodor, Titus, Ninian, Macarius, John, George, Nicholas. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
From the women saints of the day: Natalia, Elena, Maria. You may also choose one of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
No. Tradition links it to the birthday or the eighth day, but many parents choose a saint who has helped the family.
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