A baptismal name for a boy
Laurence
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Laurence
Saint Laurence of CanterburyFebruary 3Second archbishop of Canterbury, from 604 to 619, a member of the mission sent from Italy to England.- Saint Laurence of NaplesBishop of Naples from 701 to 717, known from the chronicle of the bishops of Naples written around 800.
- Venerable LaurenceMay 10
- Martyr LaurenceJanuary 9A martyr of the early centuries, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable Laurence of EgyptA venerable father of Egypt, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr Laurence KogtevDecember 10A martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Laurence of KomelaMay 16A venerable father of the Komela region, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Martyr Laurence LevchenkoOctober 12A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
- Venerable Martyr Laurence NikitinAugust 28A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Laurence of the CavesJanuary 20A venerable recluse of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
- Venerable Laurence of the Far CavesJanuary 20Venerable monk who struggled at the Far Caves of the Kiev Lavra.
- Saint Laurence of the Kiev CavesJanuary 29Monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra who became a hierarch.
Questions
The name day of Laurence is February 3, the feast of Saint Laurence of Canterbury. It is also kept on May 10, January 9, December 10, May 16, October 12, August 28, January 20, January 29.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Laurence, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Laurence is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Laurence of Canterbury as patron.