A baptismal name for a boy
Hippolytus
8 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Hippolytus
Hieromartyr Hippolytus of RomeOctober 5One of the great Christian thinkers of the second and third centuries, who died in exile in Sardinia around 235.
Martyr Hippolytus of RomeAugust 13A martyr of Rome, put to death for his faith in Christ around 258.- Martyr HippolytusAugust 10
- Hieromartyr Hippolytus KrasnovskyMay 19A hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Hieromartyr Hippolytus of OstiaJanuary 30A Roman hieromartyr, put to death for the Christian faith around the year 269.
- Venerable Martyr Hippolytus SemyonovMay 13A venerable martyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church who suffered in 1938.
- Saint Hippolytus of AfricaFebruary 24A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 February; few details survive.
- Saint Hippolytus of Saint-ClaudeNovember 28Abbot of Saint-Claude and Bishop of Belley, who reposed around 775.
Questions
The name day of Hippolytus is October 5, the feast of Hieromartyr Hippolytus of Rome. It is also kept on August 13, August 10, May 19, January 30, May 13, February 24, November 28.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 8 saints named Hippolytus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Hippolytus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Hippolytus of Rome as patron.