A baptismal name for a boy
Julius
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Julius
Saint Julius IApril 12Bishop of Rome from 337 to 352, who supported Athanasius against the Arians.
Saint Julius of NovaraJanuary 31Missionary priest in northern Italy who died in 401; his cult centers on the island of San Giulio in Lake Orta.
Martyr Julius the VeteranMay 27Roman veteran of Durostorum, now Silistra, martyred in the persecution of Diocletian.- Martyr JuliusJanuary 19A martyr honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Martyr JuliusJune 2A martyr at Lyon, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Martyr JuliusJune 22A martyr at Caerleon in Roman Britain, together with Aaron, under Diocletian.
- Venerable Julius the MyrmidonianJune 21A venerable father, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar; little is known of his life.
- Hieromartyr Julius DembovskyMay 13A Ukrainian cleric, killed in 1938 during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr Julius the SenatorAugust 19A martyr at Rome, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Martyr Julius of AcfasA saint linked with Acfas, remembered in Western calendars; few details survive.
- Saint Julius of AlexandriaMarch 12A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 12 March; few details survive.
- Saint Julius of AntiochAugust 24A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 August; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Julius is April 12, the feast of Saint Julius I. It is also kept on January 31, May 27, January 19, June 2, June 22, June 21, May 13, August 19.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Julius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Julius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Julius I as patron.