A baptismal name for a boy
Eustathius
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Eustathius
Great Martyr Eustathius PlakidasSeptember 20Roman general converted to Christianity after a vision, killed for his faith together with his family.
Saint Eustathius of AntiochFebruary 21Patriarch of Antioch in the fourth century, defender of the Nicene faith against the Arians.- Saint Eustathius of ConstantinopleMay 31Ecumenical Patriarch from 1019 to 1025, raised to the throne by Emperor Basil II.
Martyr Eustathius of MtskhetaJuly 29Persian Christian, a former Zoroastrian, executed around 550 by Sasanian authorities in Caucasian Iberia.
Martyr Eustathius of ApsiliaOctober 3Son of a patrician of the Apsilians, baptized on the eighth day, executed about 740 for the faith.
Saint Eustathius I of SerbiaJanuary 4Sixth Archbishop of Serbia, from 1279 to 1286, born near Berane and a former abbot of Hilandar.- Saint Eustathius II of SerbiaAugust 16Archbishop of Serbia from 1292 to 1309, during whose time the kingdom expanded its territory.
- New Martyr Eustathius MalakhovskyApril 22Priest of the Turkestan diocese, killed in 1918 when the Paschal procession met a Bolshevik demonstration.
- Martyr Eustathius of AncyraJuly 28A martyr of Ancyra, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Eustathius of ThraceAugust 20A martyr of Thrace, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Saint Eustathius of KiosMarch 29Bishop of Kios in Bithynia, a confessor of the veneration of icons.
- Martyr Eustathius of NicaeaNovember 20A martyr of Nicaea, put to death for his faith in Christ.
Questions
The name day of Eustathius is September 20, the feast of Great Martyr Eustathius Plakidas. It is also kept on February 21, May 31, July 29, October 3, January 4, August 16, April 22, July 28.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Eustathius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Eustathius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Great Martyr Eustathius Plakidas as patron.