A baptismal name for a boy
Nicostratus
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Nicostratus
- Martyr NicostratusNovember 9Sculptor of Pannonia, martyred in the persecution of Diocletian, one of the four crowned martyrs.
- Saint NicostratusJuly 8A saint honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Martyr Nicostratus of SirmiumNovember 8Martyr of Sirmium, remembered as a stone carver who died for Christ.
- Saint Nicostratus of NicomediaMarch 25A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 25 March; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Nicostratus is November 9, the feast of Martyr Nicostratus. It is also kept on July 8, November 8, March 25.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Nicostratus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Nicostratus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Nicostratus as patron.