A baptismal name for a boy
Sylvester
11 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Sylvester
Saint Sylvester of RomeJanuary 2Bishop of Rome from 314 to 335, in the time of Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicaea.
Venerable Sylvester of ObnoraApril 25Russian hermit inspired by Sergius of Radonezh, who lived by the Obnora river and died in 1479.
Venerable Sylvester of KyivJanuary 2Sylvester of Kiev (Church Slavonic: Сильвестр, romanized: Sil'vestr) (c. 1055 – 1123, aged 67–68) was a clergyman and a writer in Kievan Rus'..jpg)
Hieromartyr Sylvester OlshevskyJuly 3Bishop from 1915 and Archbishop of Omsk and Pavlodar from 1918, who died a martyr in Omsk in 1920.
Venerable Sylvester the WonderworkerSeptember 28Venerable honored at the Kiev Caves Lavra, called the Wonderworker.- Saint Sylvester of AlexandriaFebruary 19Greek Patriarch of Alexandria from 1569 to 1590, a native of Crete.
- Saint SylvesterFebruary 13Bishop of Rome in the time of Emperor Constantine the Great.
- Saint SylvesterMarch 1A hierarch commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Saint SylvesterMarch 10A companion of Saint Palladius in his mission, reposed around 420.
- Saint Sylvester of DonardAugust 19An Irish saint honored at Donard, of the 4th century.
Saint Sylvester (Malevansky)November 12Bishop of Kaniv and rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy, who reposed in 1908; locally glorified in 2019.
Questions
The name day of Sylvester is January 2, the feast of Saint Sylvester of Rome. It is also kept on April 25, July 3, September 28, February 19, February 13, March 1, March 10, August 19.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 11 saints named Sylvester, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Sylvester is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Sylvester of Rome as patron.