A baptismal name for a boy
Maximilian
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Maximilian
- Martyr Maximilian of TebessaMarch 12Son of a Roman army official, he refused military service as a Christian and was executed in 295.
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Hieromartyr Maximilian of LorchOctober 12Bishop and missionary in the Roman province of Noricum, martyred in 288.- Martyr MaximilianAugust 21A martyr at Antioch, killed around 363, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Saint Maximilian of EphesusAugust 4One of the Seven Youths of Ephesus, who slept in a cave and awoke years later as a witness to the resurrection.
- Venerable Martyr Maximilian MarchenkoOctober 14A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Hieromartyr Maximilian of NoricumOctober 12A bishop of Noricum, who died a martyr for the Christian faith.
Questions
The name day of Maximilian is March 12, the feast of Martyr Maximilian of Tebessa. It is also kept on October 12, August 21, August 4, October 14.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Maximilian, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Maximilian is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Maximilian of Tebessa as patron.