A baptismal name for a girl
Irene
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Irene
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Right-Believing Irene of AthensAugust 9Byzantine empress under whom the veneration of icons was restored at the Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787..jpg)
Right-Believing Irene of HungaryAugust 13Hungarian princess, wife of Emperor John II Komnenos, founder of the Pantokrator Monastery in Constantinople.-b.jpg)
Saint Irene of RomeJanuary 22Christian widow of Rome, wife of St. Castulus, who according to tradition tended the wounded St. Sebastian.
Great Martyr Irene of MacedoniaMay 5Great martyr said to have lived in the first or second century, honored as Irene of Macedonia.
Martyr Irene of ThessalonicaMay 5Martyr of Thessalonica from the time of the Diocletian persecution, remembered with her sisters Agape and Chione.
Venerable Irene of ChrysobalantonJuly 28Byzantine abbess of the Chrysobalanton convent at Constantinople, a Cappadocian, in the 9th-10th century.- Martyr IreneAugust 4A woman martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr IreneDecember 30A woman martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr Irene of AquileiaApril 16A woman martyr of Aquileia, who suffered for Christ.
- Martyr Irene of EgyptSeptember 18A woman martyr of Egypt, who suffered for Christ.
- Saint Irene of ConstantinopleMay 13A saint of Constantinople, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr Irene of CorinthApril 16A woman martyr of Corinth, who suffered for Christ.
Questions
The name day of Irene is May 5, the feast of Right-Believing Irene of Athens. It is also kept on August 9, August 13, January 22, July 28, August 4, December 30, April 16, September 18.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Irene, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Irene is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Right-Believing Irene of Athens as patron.