A baptismal name for a boy
Palladius
11 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Palladius
Saint Palladius of HelenopolisNovember 27Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia, disciple of John Chrysostom, author of the Lausiac History.
Hieromartyr Palladius PopovSeptember 10Russian priest born in 1879 who died a martyr in 1937; canonized in 2001 among the New Martyrs of Russia.- Venerable Palladius of AntiochJanuary 28Hermit of the desert near Antioch, who died of natural causes in 390.
Saint PalladiusJuly 7The first bishop sent to the Christian Scots (Irish), reposed in the 5th century.- Venerable Palladius of AlexandriaNovember 27Venerable monk of Alexandria, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Palladius the Stenographer of PutnaA monk of Putna in the 15th-16th centuries, called the Stenographer for his swift writing; not formally canonized.
- Venerable Palladius the Hermit of PutnaA hermit near Putna at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Martyr Palladius KhronenkoMay 13A venerable martyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church who suffered in 1937.
- Saint Palladius of AuxerreApril 10Bishop of Auxerre in Gaul, reposed in 661.
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Saint Palladius of SaintesOctober 7Bishop of Saintes in Gaul, reposed around 590.- Saint Palladius of EmbrunJune 21Bishop of Embrun in Gaul, who reposed around 523.
Questions
The name day of Palladius is November 27, the feast of Saint Palladius of Helenopolis. It is also kept on September 10, January 28, July 7, May 13, April 10, October 7, June 21.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 11 saints named Palladius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Palladius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Palladius of Helenopolis as patron.