A baptismal name for a boy
Diomedes
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Diomedes
Martyr Diomedes of TarsusAugust 16Physician of Tarsus, counted among the unmercenary healers, who died a martyr between 298 and 311.- Saint Diomedes the YoungerOctober 28Saint of Cyprus who died around 400.
- Martyr DiomedesAugust 28
- Martyr DiomedesJune 9A martyr honoured in the Greek synaxarion alongside Orestes.
- Martyr DiomedesSeptember 2A martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr DiomedesSeptember 11A saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Diomedes of CaesareaJuly 3A martyr of Caesarea, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Diomedes and DidymusSeptember 11Two martyrs of Laodicea, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
- Hieromartyr Diomedes KryzhanovskyMay 13A Ukrainian cleric, killed in 1937 during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr Diomedes of LaodiceaOctober 9Martyr of Laodicea, remembered in the early martyrologies.
- Saint Diomedes of AfricaApril 17A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 17 April; few details survive.
- Saint Diomedes of ArmeniaJuly 10A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 10 July; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Diomedes is August 16, the feast of Martyr Diomedes of Tarsus. It is also kept on October 28, August 28, June 9, September 2, September 11, July 3, May 13, October 9.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Diomedes, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Diomedes is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Diomedes of Tarsus as patron.