A baptismal name for a boy
Gelasius
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Gelasius
Saint Gelasius INovember 21Bishop of Rome from 492 to 496 and church writer, author of dogmatic treatises and letters.- Venerable Gelasius of NilopolisDecember 31An Egyptian abbot of the 5th century and one of the Desert Fathers, at Nilopolis.
- Martyr Gelasius of HeliopolisFebruary 27An actor of Heliopolis, now Baalbek, who confessed Christ and was put to death.
- Martyr GelasiusJune 6
Martyr GelasiusFebruary 27A mime actor who confessed Christ, a martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.- Martyr Gelasius of CreteDecember 23Martyr of Crete, who suffered for faith in Christ.
- Venerable Martyr Gelasius of NovgorodA monk of Novgorod, commemorated as a martyr in the Russian calendar.
- Venerable Gelasius of PalestineA venerable monastic who struggled in Palestine.
- Venerable Martyr Gelasius of SinaiA monk of Sinai, who died a martyr for the Orthodox faith.
- Venerable Martyr Gelasius of UglichA monk of Uglich, commemorated as a martyr in the Russian calendar.
- Venerable Martyr Gelasius of ValaamMay 21A monk of Valaam Monastery, commemorated as a martyr in the Russian calendar.
- Saint Gelasius of RimetJune 30Romanian hierarch and ascetic of Rimeț Monastery in Transylvania.
Questions
The name day of Gelasius is November 21, the feast of Saint Gelasius I. It is also kept on December 31, February 27, June 6, December 23, May 21, June 30.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Gelasius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Gelasius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Gelasius I as patron.