A baptismal name for a boy
Zenobius
8 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Zenobius
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Saint Zenobius of FlorenceMay 25First bishop of Florence, who died in 417, venerated in the West on 25 May.- Saint Zenobius MazhugaSeptember 9Metropolitan of the Georgian Orthodox Church, born in Hlukhiv in 1896 and died in Tbilisi in 1985; in the schema Seraphim.
- Saint Zenobius of AntiochFebruary 20A saint of Antioch in Syria, who died around 310 in the time of the persecutions.
- Hieromartyr Zenobius of AegaeOctober 30Bishop and physician of Aegae in Cilicia, martyred together with his sister Zenobia.
- Venerable Zenobius of OtenskOctober 31Russian monk of the sixteenth century, founder of the Otensk hermitage and defender of the faith.
- Martyr Zenobius of IsauriaJune 12A martyr of Isauria, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Saint Zenobius of the Kyiv CavesJanuary 30A saint of the Kyiv Caves Lavra, honored among its fathers.
- Saint Zenobius of AntiochAugust 24A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 August; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Zenobius is May 25, the feast of Saint Zenobius of Florence. It is also kept on September 9, February 20, October 30, October 31, June 12, January 30, August 24.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 8 saints named Zenobius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Zenobius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Zenobius of Florence as patron.