A baptismal name for a boy
Dionysius
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Dionysius
Saint Dionysius of RomeDecember 26Bishop of Rome from 259 to 268, who rebuilt the Church after the persecution of Valerian.
Venerable Dionysius ExiguusSeptember 1Monk born in Scythia Minor who lived in Rome and devised the counting of years from the birth of Christ.
Hieromartyr Dionysius the AreopagiteOctober 3Judge of the Areopagus in Athens, converted by the Apostle Paul and made the first bishop of the city.
Saint Dionysius the GreatOctober 5Patriarch of Alexandria from 248 to 264, whose letters preserve much knowledge of the Church of his time.
Saint Dionysius I of ConstantinopleNovember 23Ecumenical Patriarch from 1466 to 1471 and from 1488 to 1490, who died in 1492.
Saint Dionysius of CorinthNovember 29Bishop of Corinth around 171, remembered on 8 April.
Saint Dionysius of SuzdalJune 26Russian hierarch, metropolitan of Russia in 1384-1385, who died in Kyiv in 1385.
Saint Dionysius of MilanMay 25Bishop of Milan from 349 to 355, exiled to Cappadocia, where he died around 360.
Venerable Dionysius of the Kiev CavesOctober 3Monk and hieromonk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, who died after 1463, commemorated on October 3.
Venerable Dionysius of GlushitsaJune 1Icon painter and founder of monasteries on the Glushitsa river near Vologda, who lived from 1363 to 1437.
Venerable Dionysius of Mount OlympusJanuary 23Greek venerable of the 16th century, a monk on Mount Olympus, who died around 1541.
Venerable Dionysius of RadonezhMay 12Archimandrite of the Trinity Lavra of Saint Sergius, born at Rzhev, who died about 1633.
Questions
The name day of Dionysius is December 26, the feast of Saint Dionysius of Rome. It is also kept on September 1, October 3, October 5, November 23, November 29, June 26, May 25, June 1.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Dionysius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Dionysius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Dionysius of Rome as patron.