A baptismal name for a boy
Sabbas
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Sabbas
Venerable Sabbas the SanctifiedDecember 5Monk from Cappadocia, founder of the lavra near Jerusalem that bears his name, who died in 532.
Martyr Sabbas the GothApril 12Gothic Christian from present-day eastern Romania, martyred in 372 in the time of King Athanaric.
Venerable Sabbas of StorozhiDecember 3Founder and first abbot of the Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery in Zvenigorod; died in 1407.
Martyr Sabbas StratelatesApril 24Christian Roman general, martyred in the year 272 by being cast into the Tiber.- Venerable Martyr Sabbas of KonstamonitouJune 10Monk of Konstamonitou Monastery on Athos, martyred in 1821 at Stageira.
- Martyr Sabbas of DamascusNovember 1Christian of Damascus, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Martyr Sabbas Kolmogorov of BelogoryeAugust 12Monk martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr Sabbas NigdelisNovember 12Christian of Constantinople, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr Sabbas the PersianMarch 28Christian of Persia, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Martyr Sabbas of SinaiJanuary 14Monk of Sinai, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Sabbas of SolovkiAugust 9Venerable hermit of Solovki, venerated in the Russian Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Sabbas of StromynJuly 6Venerable monk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
Questions
The name day of Sabbas is December 5, the feast of Venerable Sabbas the Sanctified. It is also kept on April 12, December 3, April 24, June 10, November 1, August 12, November 12, March 28.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Sabbas, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Sabbas is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Sabbas the Sanctified as patron.