A baptismal name for a boy
Theophylact
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Theophylact
Saint Theophylact of OhridDecember 31Byzantine archbishop of Ohrid and commentator on the Holy Scriptures.
Saint Theophylact of NicomediaOctober 2Bishop of Nicomedia during the iconoclast controversy, who died in 845.- Saint TheophylactA Russian saint who died in 1872; few details survive.
- Confessor Theophylact the ConfessorMarch 8Bishop of Nicomedia, a confessor of the veneration of icons in the time of iconoclasm.
- Venerable Theophylact of TarnovoJanuary 27A monastic saint associated with Tarnovo, commemorated in the calendar of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
Questions
The name day of Theophylact is December 31, the feast of Saint Theophylact of Ohrid. It is also kept on October 2, March 8, January 27.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Theophylact, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Theophylact is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Theophylact of Ohrid as patron.