A baptismal name for a boy
Victorinus
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Victorinus
Hieromartyr Victorinus of PettauNovember 2Bishop and commentator on Scripture, killed in the persecution of Diocletian around 303.Saint Victorinus of CamerinoJune 8Bishop of Camerino, brother of Saint Severinus, a hermit on Monte Nero; died in 538 or 543.
- Martyr VictorinusApril 5
- Martyr VictorinusFebruary 18A martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr VictorinusApril 22A martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Hieromartyr Victorinus DobronravovDecember 15Archpriest born at Chișinău in 1889, who died a martyr at Borovichi in 1937; canonized in 2004.
- Martyr Victorinus of CorinthJanuary 31Christian of Corinth, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr Victorinus of RomeDecember 18Christian of Rome, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr Victorinus of NicomediaMarch 6A martyr of Nicomedia, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Hieromartyr Victorinus of AssisiJune 12A hieromartyr honored at Assisi, of whom little is known.
- Martyr Victorinus of AfricaApril 19An African martyr, remembered as a companion of Mappalicus.
- Martyr Victorinus of AlbanoAugust 8One of the Four Crowned Martyrs, who suffered at Albano near Rome.
Questions
The name day of Victorinus is November 2, the feast of Hieromartyr Victorinus of Pettau. It is also kept on June 8, April 5, February 18, April 22, December 15, January 31, December 18, March 6.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Victorinus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Victorinus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Victorinus of Pettau as patron.