A baptismal name for a boy
Isidore
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Isidore
Saint Isidore of SevilleApril 4Archbishop of Seville in Visigothic Spain, a learned encyclopedist, author of the Etymologies.
Venerable Isidore of PelusiumFebruary 4Egyptian monk and church writer who withdrew to a mountain near Pelusium and died around 440.
Martyr Isidore of ChiosMay 1Christian soldier of Egyptian origin, martyred on the island of Chios in 251 in the persecution of Decius.
Fool-for-Christ Isidore of RostovMay 14Fool for Christ and wonderworker of Rostov, who died in 1474.
Hieromartyr Isidore of YuryevJanuary 8Priest of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Yuryev, killed in 1472, according to tradition for refusing Catholicism.- Venerable Isidore of ScetisA 4th-century Egyptian priest and ascetic, companion of Saint Macarius the Great.
- Saint Isidore GlabasMetropolitan of Thessalonica from 1380 to 1384 and from 1386 until his death on 11 January 1396; Byzantine theologian.
- Saint Isidore of AlexandriaMay 10Saint of Alexandria in Egypt, who lived in the 4th century.
- Martyr IsidoreDecember 7A martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Hieromartyr Isidore of AntiochJanuary 2A cleric of Antioch, who died a martyr for Christ.
- Venerable Isidore of the CavesAugust 28A venerable recluse of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
- Martyr Isidore ReshetkinA martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
Questions
The name day of Isidore is April 4, the feast of Saint Isidore of Seville. It is also kept on February 4, May 1, May 14, January 8, May 10, December 7, January 2, August 28.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Isidore, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Isidore is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Isidore of Seville as patron.