A baptismal name for a boy
Germanus
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Germanus
Saint Germanus of ConstantinopleMay 12Patriarch of Constantinople from 715 to 730, who defended the holy icons against iconoclasm.
Saint Germanus of AuxerreJuly 31Former high Roman official and bishop of Auxerre in Gaul, who died at Ravenna around 448.
Venerable Martyr Germanus of GranfeldenFebruary 21First abbot of Moutier-Grandval Abbey, who died in 675 and is venerated as a martyr.
Saint Germanus of CapuaOctober 30Bishop of Capua from 519 until his death in 541, with a major role in ending the Acacian schism.
Saint Germanus of ManJuly 3First bishop of the Isle of Man, born in Brittany in the 5th century, a student of Saint Patrick in Ireland.- Hieromartyr GermanusAugust 14A Georgian archpriest, killed in 1924 together with Metropolitan Nazar and other clergy.
- Martyr GermanusJanuary 19A martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable Martyr GermanusMay 19One of the thirteen venerable martyrs of Cyprus.
- Martyr Germanus of DyrrhachiumJuly 7Martyr of Dyrrhachium, who suffered for Christ.
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Martyr Germanus of CaesareaNovember 13Martyr of Caesarea in Palestine, who suffered for Christ.- Saint Germanus of Dacia PonticaFebruary 28Saint of Dobruja, honored in Dacia Pontica.
- Venerable Martyr Germanus of GarejiAugust 12A monk of Gareji who received a martyr's death in 1851 alongside his brethren.
Questions
The name day of Germanus is May 12, the feast of Saint Germanus of Constantinople. It is also kept on July 31, February 21, October 30, July 3, August 14, January 19, May 19, July 7.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Germanus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Germanus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Germanus of Constantinople as patron.