A baptismal name for a boy
Tryphon
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Tryphon
Martyr Tryphon of ApameaFebruary 1Third-century martyr, born near Apamea, put to death in the time of Emperor Decius.
Saint Tryphon of ConstantinopleApril 19Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in the tenth century, who died in 933.
Venerable Tryphon of PechengaDecember 15Russian monk and ascetic of the sixteenth century, founder of Pechenga Monastery in the far north, who died in 1583.
Venerable Tryphon of VyatkaOctober 8Russian abbot, missionary to the Ostyaks and founder of a monastery at Vyatka, died in 1612.- Confessor Tryphon SkripchenkoSeptember 11Archimandrite born Tikhon Skripchenko in 1865, venerated as a local saint in the Ukrainian Church, who died in 1939.
- Martyr TryphonDecember 19Martyr of Phrygia who died in the persecution of Decius.
- Venerable Martyr Tryphon of GorodetsMonk martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Hieromartyr Tryphon of RadonezhFebruary 14Cleric of Radonezh, martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
- Saint Tryphon of RostovMay 23Bishop of Rostov, venerated as a hierarch in the Russian Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Tryphon of SolovkiAugust 9Venerable hermit of Solovki, venerated in the Russian Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr Tryphon of SheqishteJuly 14A martyr of Sheqishte in present-day Albania, who suffered around 313.
- Saint Tryphon of AfricaMay 5A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 5 May; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Tryphon is February 1, the feast of Martyr Tryphon of Apamea. It is also kept on April 19, December 15, October 8, September 11, December 19, February 14, May 23, August 9.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Tryphon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Tryphon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Tryphon of Apamea as patron.