A baptismal name for a girl
Pelagia
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Pelagia
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Venerable Pelagia the PenitentOctober 8Penitent of Antioch who lived as a hermit on the Mount of Olives in the fifth century.
Martyr Pelagia of TarsusMay 4Virgin of Tarsus in Cilicia, martyred in the early fourth century, with a life preserved in legend..jpg)
Martyr Pelagia of AntiochOctober 8Virgin of Antioch who leapt to her death rather than sacrifice to the pagan gods in the Diocletian persecution.
Fool-for-Christ Pelagia of DiveevoJanuary 30Fool for Christ born at Arzamas into a merchant family, who after Saint Seraphim watched over the sisters of the convent.
New Martyr Pelagia TestovaOctober 21Russian woman martyr born in 1887 in the Tambov region, who died on 3 November 1944 in the Karlag camp.
Saint Pelagia Of Ryazan- Martyr PelagiaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr PelagiaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr PelagiaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr Pelagia BalakirevaJune 17Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1943, during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr Pelagia ZhidkoJune 13Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1944, during the Soviet persecution.
- Venerable Pelagia of TinosJuly 23Nun of the island of Tinos to whom the Mother of God appeared for the finding of the icon of the Annunciation.
Questions
The name day of Pelagia is October 8, the feast of Venerable Pelagia the Penitent. It is also kept on May 4, January 30, October 21, June 11, June 17, June 13, July 23.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Pelagia, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Pelagia is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Pelagia the Penitent as patron.