A baptismal name for a boy
Vincent
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Vincent
Martyr Vincent of SaragossaNovember 11Deacon of the Church of Saragossa, killed for his faith in the early fourth century, honored as first martyr of Spain.
Venerable Vincent of LérinsMay 24Gallic monk of the fifth century, author of the Commonitorium, a work on preserving sound teaching.
Venerable Vincent MadelgariusJuly 14Benedictine monk of present-day Belgium, who died in 677 at Soignies; remembered on 20 September.
Saint Vincent KrdžićMay 16Third Serbian Metropolitan of Skopje, who fell victim to the Bulgarians at the end of 1915.- Hieromartyr Vincent of AgenJune 9Deacon from Gascony, seized for disrupting a pagan service and martyred around 300; commemorated on 9 June.
- Martyr VincentDecember 11A saint honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Venerable Martyr Vincent NikolskyNovember 28Monk martyred for the faith of Christ in 1921, during the Soviet persecution.
- Hieromartyr Vincent SmirnovNovember 3Cleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
- Venerable Vincent of VologdaVenerable monk of Vologda, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
Saint Vincent of LeónMarch 11Saint of León, venerated in the Western Church.- Venerable Vincent of MontesA saint honored at Montes in Spain from the age of the undivided Church.
- Martyr Vincent of ÁvilaOctober 28Martyr of Ávila in Spain, remembered in the early martyrologies.
Questions
The name day of Vincent is November 11, the feast of Martyr Vincent of Saragossa. It is also kept on May 24, July 14, May 16, June 9, December 11, November 28, November 3, March 11.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Vincent, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Vincent is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Vincent of Saragossa as patron.