A baptismal name for a girl
Melania
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Melania
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Venerable Melania the YoungerDecember 31Roman ascetic, granddaughter of Melania the Elder, who lived in Jerusalem and died in 439.%2C_catacombe_di_priscilla%2C_cubicolo_della_velatio%2C_roma_(met%C3%A0_III_secolo).jpg)
Venerable Melania the ElderJune 8Desert mother and an influential figure of the ascetic movement, who lived in Jerusalem and died before 417.- Martyr MelaniaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Venerable MelaniaMay 27A venerable nun commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Melania of DurauA 17th-century schemanun who struggled at Durău, below Mount Ceahlău; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Melania is December 31, the feast of Venerable Melania the Younger. It is also kept on June 8, June 11, May 27.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Melania, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Melania is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Melania the Younger as patron.