A baptismal name for a boy
Leontios
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Leontios
- Saint LeontiosJune 18Bishop of Neapolis (Limassol) in the 7th century, author of the Lives of John the Merciful and Symeon the Fool.
- Venerable Leontios of IvironAn Athonite elder of Iviron Monastery, who reposed in 1964; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Leontios of SimonopetraAn Athonite elder of Simonopetra Monastery, who reposed in 1949; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Hieromartyr Leontios MichalakisA hieromonk of Chios, killed by the Ottomans on Chios in 1822; canonized in 2021 by the Church of Greece.
- Saint Leontios of VlachernaApril 15A saint of Vlacherna in Arcadia who departed to the Lord in 1770.
Questions
The name day of Leontios is June 18, the feast of Saint Leontios. It is also kept on April 15.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Leontios, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Leontios is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Leontios as patron.