A baptismal name for a boy
Hilarius
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Hilarius
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Saint Hilarius of RomeNovember 17Bishop of Rome from 461 to 468, sent by Leo the Great as legate to the Council of Ephesus in 449.- Martyr HilariusDecember 16A martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr HilariusNovember 7One of the 33 martyrs of Melitene, of the third century.
- Saint Hilarius of BremurSeptember 27Saint of Bremur, venerated in the Western Church.
- Saint Hilarius of JavolsOctober 25Saint of Javols, venerated in the Western Church.
- Saint Hilarius of GavaldàA saint linked with Gavaldà, remembered in Western calendars; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Hilarius is November 17, the feast of Saint Hilarius of Rome. It is also kept on December 16, November 7, September 27, October 25.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Hilarius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Hilarius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Hilarius of Rome as patron.