Saint Names
Giving Thanks
Check the lives of these saints or the meaning of their names and you'll find more than one saint with a “thankful” name during the month of Thanksgiving.
| 1. Benignus of Dijon | 16. Edmund of Abingdon |
| 2. Marcian | 17. Hilda |
| 3. Winifred | 18. Odo of Cluny |
| 4. Clarus | 19. Barlam (Byzantine) |
| 5. Bertilla | 20. Bernward |
| 6. Leonard of Noblac | 21. Albert of Louvain |
| 7. Florentius of Strausbourg | 22. Cecilia |
| 8. Cybi or Cuby | 23. Clement I |
| 9. Theodore Tiro | 24. Flora |
| 10. Leo the Great | 25. Mercurius |
| 11. Martin of Tours | 26. Silvester |
| 12. Astrik | 27. Fergus |
| 13. Francis Xavier Cabrini | 28. Stephen the Younger |
| 14. Dyfrig | 29. Saturninus or Sernin |
| 15. Albert the Great | 30. Sapor |
'Tis the Season
Jolly old Saint Nick is just one of the many saints of the yuletide season.
| 1. Alexander Briant | 17. Olympias |
| 2. Viviana or Bibiana | 18. Rufus |
| 3. Francis Xavier | 19. Anastasius I |
| 4. Osmund | 20. Dominic of Silos |
| 5. Crispina | 21. Peter Canisius |
| 6. Nicholas | 22. Chaeremon |
| 7. Ambrose | 23. Victoria |
| 8. Romaric | 24. Gregory of Spoleto |
| 9. Peter Fourier | 25. Eugenia |
| 10. Eulalia of Merida | 26. Stephen, the First Martyr |
| 11. Daniel the Stylite | 27. Fabiola |
| 12. Jane Frances de Chantal | 28. Antony of Lérins |
| 13. Lucy | 29. Thomas a Becket |
| 14. John of the Cross | 30. Anysia |
| 15. Nino | 31. Sylvester I |
| 16. Adelaide |
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Names © 1999 by Sonia Weiss. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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