A baptismal name for a boy
Nicanor
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Nicanor
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Apostle Nicanor the DeaconDecember 28One of the Seven Deacons in the Acts of the Apostles, counted among the Seventy Apostles.- Hieromartyr Nicanor MorozkinJune 18Archimandrite born in 1870 in the Ryazan region, executed at the Butovo firing range on 1 July 1938.
- Venerable Nicanor of ThessalonicaAugust 7Monk of Thessalonica, who lived from 1491 to 1549 and is venerated as a saint.
- Venerable Nicanor of ArkhangelskMay 30Venerable monk of Arkhangelsk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Saint Nicanor of EgyptApril 5A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Bede, on 5 April; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Nicanor is December 28, the feast of Apostle Nicanor the Deacon. It is also kept on June 18, August 7, May 30, April 5.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Nicanor, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Nicanor is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Apostle Nicanor the Deacon as patron.