A baptismal name for a boy
Venantius
9 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Venantius
Saint Venantius FortunatusDecember 14Latin poet and hymnographer at the Merovingian court, who became bishop of Poitiers.
Martyr Venantius of CamerinoMay 18By tradition a youth of fifteen, tortured and beheaded at Camerino in the persecution of Decius; patron of the city.
Hieromartyr Venantius of SalonaApril 1Bishop of Salona in Dalmatia in the later 3rd century, martyred around the year 259.
Saint Venantius of ViviersAugust 5Bishop of Viviers in France, who reposed in 544.- Venerable VenantiusMay 30
- Venerable VenantiusOctober 13A holy abbot of Gaul.
- Venerable VenantiusMay 30A holy monk commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
- Saint Venantius of BerrySaint honored in Berry in France; the sources preserve few details about him.
- Venerable Venantius of ToursAn abbot at Tours in Gaul, who reposed around 499.
Questions
The name day of Venantius is December 14, the feast of Saint Venantius Fortunatus. It is also kept on May 18, April 1, August 5, May 30, October 13.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 9 saints named Venantius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Venantius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Venantius Fortunatus as patron.