A baptismal name for a boy
Memnon
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Memnon
Venerable Memnon the WonderworkerApril 29Abbot of an Egyptian monastery and wonderworker, remembered on 28 April.
Saint Memnon of EphesusDecember 16Metropolitan of Ephesus during the Third Ecumenical Council; died in 443.- Venerable MemnonMay 19
- Martyr Memnon of ThraceAugust 20A centurion of Thrace, who confessed Christ unto death.
- Venerable Memnon TyurinA Russian schemamonk of Rossikon, reposed in 1967; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Martyr Memnon of BizyeJuly 3A martyr honored at Bizye in Thrace, of whom little is known.
Questions
The name day of Memnon is April 29, the feast of Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker. It is also kept on December 16, May 19, August 20, July 3.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Memnon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Memnon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker as patron.