A baptismal name for a boy
Eleutherius
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Eleutherius
Saint EleutheriusMay 26Bishop of Rome from about 174 until his death in 189.
Hieromartyr Eleutherius of ParisOctober 9Deacon martyred at Paris with Saint Denis and Rusticus in the persecution of the 3rd century.- Venerable Martyr Eleutherius PechennikovAugust 14Schema-archimandrite born in 1870 in the Mogilev region, who died on 27 August 1937; canonized in 2000.
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Hieromartyr Eleutherius of IllyriaDecember 15A bishop of Illyricum who died a martyr under Emperor Hadrian around 138.- Martyr EleutheriusAugust 8A martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr EleutheriusAugust 26One of twenty-three saints commemorated together on the feast of Saints Adrian and Natalia.
- Martyr EleutheriusAugust 4A martyr, killed around 305, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Martyr Eleutherius of PersiaApril 13A martyr of Persia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Eleutherius of ByzantiumAugust 4A cubicularius at the imperial court, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Eleutherius of NicomediaOctober 2A martyr of Nicomedia, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Venerable Eleutherius the Hermit of SihlaA hermit of the 17th-18th centuries, husband of St Theodora of Sihla; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Eleutherius of SpoletoNovember 6An abbot of Spoleto, mentioned in the writings of Pope Gregory the Great, who reposed in Rome in 590.
Questions
The name day of Eleutherius is May 26, the feast of Saint Eleutherius. It is also kept on October 9, August 14, December 15, August 8, August 26, August 4, April 13, October 2.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Eleutherius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Eleutherius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Eleutherius as patron.