A baptismal name for a boy
Didymus
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Didymus
- Martyr DidymusFebruary 20A martyr of Cyprus, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr DidymusMay 24One of the twelve counts and tribunes commemorated as martyrs.
- Martyr Didymus of AlexandriaMay 27A soldier of Alexandria who protected Saint Theodora and was put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Didymus of LaodiceaSeptember 11A martyr of Laodicea in Syria, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Didymus of LaodiceaOctober 9Martyr of Laodicea, remembered in the early martyrologies.
- Venerable Didymus of RomeDecember 22Monk of Rome named in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 22 December, beside Felix and Theodosia; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Didymus is February 20, the feast of Martyr Didymus. It is also kept on May 24, May 27, September 11, October 9, December 22.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Didymus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Didymus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Didymus as patron.