A baptismal name for a boy
Lucian
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Lucian
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Hieromartyr Lucian of AntiochOctober 15Learned and ascetic presbyter of Antioch, who died a martyr in 312.
Hieromartyr Lucian of BeauvaisJanuary 8Called the Apostle of Beauvais, put to death for his faith in the Diocletian persecution.
Hieromartyr Lucian the HieromartyrOctober 26A Ukrainian hieromartyr who died in 1243.- Hieromartyr Lucian of the Kiev CavesOctober 15A priest of the Kiev Caves Lavra, who died a martyr in 1243.
- Hieromartyr Lucian FedotovMay 19Priest born in 1895 at Izium, who died in 1938; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
- Saint LucianOctober 17A saint of Nicomedia, honored in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr LucianOctober 25A martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable Lucian of AleksandrovJune 23A venerable father of Aleksandrov, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr Lucian of DyrrhachiumJuly 7Martyr of Dyrrhachium, who suffered for Christ.
- Martyr Lucian of MesukeviApril 15A martyr of the Georgian Church, venerated at Mesukevi.
- Martyr Lucian of RomeJuly 6Martyr of Rome, who suffered for Christ.
- Martyr Lucian of TomisSeptember 13Martyr of Tomis, who suffered for Christ.
Questions
The name day of Lucian is October 15, the feast of Hieromartyr Lucian of Antioch. It is also kept on January 8, October 26, May 19, October 17, October 25, June 23, July 7, April 15.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Lucian, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Lucian is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Lucian of Antioch as patron.