Baptismal names for children born on July 8
The saints remembered on the birthday and on the eighth day, when by tradition the name was given.
Boys' names from this day
AdrianSaint Adrian III of RomeEdgarRight-Believing Edgar the PeacefulKilianHieromartyr Kilian of WürzburgProcopiusRighteous Procopius of UstiaTheophilusVenerable Theophilus the Myrrh-streamerAnastasiosNew Martyr Anastasios of Agios VlasiosManassesSaint Manasses of GabrovoNicholasHieromartyr Nicholas BryantsevNicostratusSaint NicostratusSabbasMartyr SabbasStratonSaint Straton of NicaeaTheodoreHieromartyr Theodore RaspopovTheophanesNew Martyr Theophanes
Girls' names from this day
From the eighth day, July 15
VladimirRight-Believing Vladimir of RzhevAthanasiusSaint Athanasius of NaplesBenedictSaint Benedict of AngersFlorentiusSaint Florentius of AfricaJosephVenerable Joseph KozlovskyPeterHieromartyr Peter TroitskyPhilipMartyr Philip of AlexandriaZosimusMartyr Zosimus of Portus RomanusJonahSaint Jonah of MoscowBasilRight-Believing Basil Vsevolodovich of YaroslavlFelixSaint Felix of ComoMatronaVenerable Matrona of ChiosEdithVenerable Edith of PolesworthJulittaMartyr Julitta of Tarsus
All the saints of July 8
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Saint Adrian III of RomeBishop of Rome from 884 to 885, who died on the way to the imperial diet at Worms.
Right-Believing Edgar the PeacefulKing of England from 959 to 975, known for the peace of his realm and support of monastic reform.
Hieromartyr Kilian of WürzburgIrish missionary bishop, apostle of Franconia, martyred at Würzburg around 689.
Great Martyr Procopius of ScythopolisReader and exorcist in the church of Scythopolis, an ascetic and scholar, martyred in 303.
Fool-for-Christ Procopius of UstyugFormer merchant of Lübeck who became a fool for Christ at Ustyug and a wonderworker; died in 1303.
Venerable Withburga of DerehamEast Anglian abbess known for founding and governing a convent at Dereham in Norfolk; died in 743.- Saint Auspicius of ToulBishop of Toul in the 5th century, also known as a poet who wrote iambic verse.
Hieromartyr Colman of WürzburgIrish-born priest and missionary who died at Würzburg in 689.
Venerable MorwennaSaint of Cornwall, patron of the village of Morwenstow in north Cornwall.
Righteous Procopius of UstiaRighteous man of the Russian Church whose veneration began when his body was found incorrupt.
Venerable Theophilus the Myrrh-streamerMonk of Mount Athos, venerated as a myrrh-streamer, who died in the year 1548.- Holy Venerable Martyrs Epictetus and AstionPriest Epictetus and monk Astion, killed around 290 at Halmyris in Dobruja; their relics were found in 2001.
- Martyr AbdaMartyr named in the early martyrologies; the sources preserve few details about him.
- Martyr AbdasA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Saint Alphius of NicaeaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 8 July; few details survive.
- New Martyr Anastasios of Agios VlasiosA furrier from Agios Vlasios who died as a new martyr in Constantinople in 1743.
- Saint AntiochusA saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Saint Aper of HeracleaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 8 July; few details survive.
- Venerable ArnoldA saint honored in Western calendars, died around 800; few details survive.
- Saint Arthemius of NicaeaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 8 July; few details survive.
- Saint Auspicius of TrierOne of the first Bishops of Trier, reposed around 130.
- Saint Brogan of Maethail BhrogainAn Irish saint honored at Maethail Bhrogain, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Venerable Coimgell daughter of DiarmaidAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Saint Diarmaid of Gleann UissenAn Irish bishop honored at Gleann Uissen, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Venerable Grimbald of WinchesterA monk of Saint-Bertin called to England by King Alfred, reposed at Winchester in 901.
Saint Ithier of NeversSaint of Nevers, venerated in the Western Church.
Venerable LandradaFounder and abbess of the convent at Munsterbilsen, reposed around 690.- Saint Manasses of GabrovoA saint from Gabrovo, commemorated in the calendar of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
- Saint Mirdat of KartliGeorgian saint of Kartli.
- Martyr Mithridates V of KartliKing of Kartli (Iberia), venerated as a martyr in the Orthodox calendar.
- Hieromartyr Nicholas BryantsevCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Saint NicostratusA saint honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Martyr PotentianaChristian woman martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr SabbasA martyr honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Saint Senator of NicaeaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 8 July; few details survive.
- Holy Martyrs Sostratus, Spirus, Eraclius, Eperentius and CeciliaFive martyrs remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
- Saint Straton of NicaeaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 8 July; few details survive.
Holy Martyrs Sunniva and CompanionsAn Irish virgin and her companions, honored as martyrs on the island of Selja in Norway.- Martyr Sunniva of NorwayIrish princess who died on the island of Selja in Norway, seeking refuge for her faith.
- Hieromartyr Theodore RaspopovA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1918, during the communist persecution.
- Martyr TheodosiaMother of the Great Martyr Procopius, martyred for her faith in Christ.
- New Martyr TheophanesA new martyr who suffered in 1559.
- Martyr TotnanA companion of Saint Kilian, slain with him at Würzburg around 689.
- Saint Twelve Senatorial WomenA group of twelve women of senatorial rank, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
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Martyr Urith of ChittlehamptonA virgin martyr honored at Chittlehampton in Devon.
Questions
From the saints of the day: Adrian, Edgar, Kilian, Procopius, Theophilus, Anastasios, Manasses, Nicholas, Nicostratus, Sabbas, Straton, Theodore, Theophanes. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
From the women saints of the day: Potentiana, Theodosia. 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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