A baptismal name for a boy
Justus
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Justus
Saint Justus of CanterburyNovember 10Fourth archbishop of Canterbury, sent from Italy by Pope Gregory the Great to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons._Chapelle_Saint-Fiacre_Vitrail_de_la_Sainte_Parent%C3%A9_03.JPG)
Apostle Justus BarsabbasOctober 30One of the two candidates, with Matthias, to replace Judas among the apostles; numbered among the Seventy..jpg)
Martyr Justus of TriesteNovember 2Martyr of Trieste, put to death in the Diocletian persecution and honored as patron of the city.
Saint Justus of UrgellMay 28First recorded bishop of Urgell, who took part in the Second Council of Toledo in 527.- Saint Justus of AlexandriaSixth bishop of Alexandria from 118 to 129, baptized by Mark the Evangelist.
Saint Justus of LyonSeptember 2Thirteenth bishop of Lyon, later a hermit in Egypt; remembered on 2 September.
Martyr Justus of BeauvaisOctober 18Martyr of Roman Gaul in the late 3rd century, known from semi-legendary tradition.- Saint Justus of VienneMay 6Fifth Bishop of Vienne, of the 2nd century, also named in spurious letters attributed to Pope Pius I.
- Saint Justus of AcerenzaBishop of Acerenza at the end of the fifth century, who took part in the synod in Rome in 499.
- Saint JustusFebruary 15A Christian of Corinth in the days of the Apostle Paul, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr JustusJuly 21A martyr of the early undivided Church, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Justus of RomeJuly 14Martyr of Rome, who suffered for Christ.
Questions
The name day of Justus is November 10, the feast of Saint Justus of Canterbury. It is also kept on October 30, November 2, May 28, September 2, October 18, May 6, February 15, July 21.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Justus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Justus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Justus of Canterbury as patron.