A baptismal name for a boy
Silvester
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Silvester
- Saint SilvesterFebruary 19
- Venerable Martyr Silvester of ValaamMay 21Monk of Valaam, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Silvester the Hermit of Mount CeahlauA 15th-century hermit of Mount Ceahlău, where the Silvestru skete stands; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
- Saint Silvester of Chalon-sur-SaôneBishop of Chalon-sur-Saône, venerated in the Western Church.
- Venerable Silvester of Moutier-Saint-JeanApril 15Abbot of Moutier-Saint-Jean in Burgundy, reposed around 625.
- Saint Silvester of ChalonNovember 20Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône in Gaul, who reposed around 525.
Questions
The name day of Silvester is February 19, the feast of Saint Silvester. It is also kept on May 21, April 15, November 20.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Silvester, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Silvester is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Silvester as patron.