A baptismal name for a boy
Laurentius
2 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Laurentius
Hieromartyr Laurentius KnyazevOctober 24Bishop of Balakhna and vicar of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese, who died a martyr in Nizhny Novgorod in 1918.
Fool-for-Christ Laurentius of KalugaAugust 10Fool for Christ venerated locally, credited with defending Kaluga from the Crimean Tatars in 1512; he died in 1515.
Questions
The name day of Laurentius is October 24, the feast of Hieromartyr Laurentius Knyazev. It is also kept on August 10.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 2 saints named Laurentius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Laurentius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Laurentius Knyazev as patron.