A baptismal name for a girl
Edith
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Edith
Venerable Edith of WiltonSeptember 16Daughter of King Edgar of England, a nun at Wilton in the tenth century, venerated as a saint.- Venerable Edith of PolesworthJuly 15Anglo-Saxon abbess venerated in Mercia, linked to Polesworth Abbey; she died around 960.
- Saint Edith of AylesburyJune 18Saint of Aylesbury, who reposed in the 7th century, venerated in the Western Church.
- Saint Edith of TamworthAn Anglo-Saxon saint honored at Tamworth in England.
Questions
The name day of Edith is September 16, the feast of Venerable Edith of Wilton. It is also kept on July 15, June 18.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Edith, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Edith is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Edith of Wilton as patron.