A baptismal name for a boy
Magnus
11 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Magnus
Hieromartyr Magnus of AnagniAugust 19Italian bishop and martyr, patron of Anagni, who died in the third century.- Venerable MagnusJune 28A venerable father commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Magnus of CyzicusApril 29Martyr of Cyzicus, who suffered for Christ.
- Saint Magnus of SicilySeptember 12A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 12 September; few details survive.
- Saint Magnus of NicomediaNovember 8A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 8 November; few details survive.
- Saint Magnus of GaulNovember 27A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 27 November; few details survive.
Saint Magnus of AvignonAugust 19Governor of Avignon, later a monk and bishop of that city, reposed around 660.
Venerable Magnus of FüssenSeptember 6A missionary monk in the Allgäu, founder of the monastery at Füssen, reposed around 750.
Saint Magnus of OderzoOctober 6Bishop of Oderzo, who moved his flock to Heraclea because of the Lombards, reposed around 660.
Saint Magnus of MilanNovember 1Bishop of Milan, who reposed around 530.
Martyr Magnus of CuneoAugust 19A saint venerated in the region of Cuneo in Piedmont.
Questions
The name day of Magnus is August 19, the feast of Hieromartyr Magnus of Anagni. It is also kept on June 28, April 29, September 12, November 8, November 27, September 6, October 6, November 1.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 11 saints named Magnus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Magnus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Magnus of Anagni as patron.