A baptismal name for a girl
Maxima
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Maxima
- Martyr Maxima of RomeSeptember 2Slave and friend of Saint Ansanus of Siena, beaten to death in the persecution of Diocletian about 304.
- Martyr MaximaMarch 26
- Venerable MaximaOctober 16Nun, venerated in the Western Church.
- Martyr Maxima of LisbonOctober 1Martyr of Lisbon, remembered in the early martyrologies.
- Saint Maxima of AntiochJuly 10A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 10 July; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Maxima is September 2, the feast of Martyr Maxima of Rome. It is also kept on March 26, October 16, October 1, July 10.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Maxima, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Maxima is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Maxima of Rome as patron.