A baptismal name for a boy
Julian
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Julian
Saint Julian the HospitallerFebruary 12Saint venerated in West and East, patron of the cities of Ghent, Macerata and Saint Julian's in Malta.
Martyr Julian of TarsusJune 21Martyr of Cilicia from the age of Diocletian's persecution, also called Julian of Anazarbus..jpg)
Saint Julian of Le MansJanuary 14Honored as the first bishop of Le Mans in Gaul, in both the Orthodox and the Catholic Church..jpeg)
Martyr Julian of EmesaFebruary 6Christian of Emesa (modern Homs in Syria), reputedly a physician, put to death for his faith in the third or fourth century.- Saint Julian of AlexandriaEleventh bishop of Alexandria from 178 to 188, well versed in the Scriptures and regarded as a good leader.
Martyr Julian of BrioudeAugust 28Legendary martyr from Vienne who died around 304; his cult took root at Brioude in the Auvergne.
Martyr Julian of SoraJanuary 27Dalmatian by birth, tortured and beheaded at Sora in Lazio in the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.
Saint Julian of OrtaJune 21Deacon who preached with his brother Julius around Lake Orta in Lombardy and died in 391.- Venerable Julian SabaJanuary 17A hermit who lived mostly in the Syrian wilderness and briefly left his cell to denounce the Arian heresy.
- Venerable Julian of PersiaOctober 18Hermit and abbot of a monastery in Mesopotamia in the 4th century, known from the writing of Theodoret of Cyrrhus.
- Saint Julian of NaplesBishop of Naples from 693 to 701, known from the chronicle of the bishops of Naples written around 800.
- Martyr Julian the PodagricFebruary 27A martyr known as the Gouty, commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
Questions
The name day of Julian is February 12, the feast of Saint Julian the Hospitaller. It is also kept on June 21, January 14, February 6, August 28, January 27, January 17, October 18, February 27.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Julian, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Julian is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Julian the Hospitaller as patron.