 Nazar as used by Christians is derived from the town of Nazareth, where Jesus Christ is said to have lived. | |
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | from Nazareth |
| Region of origin | worldwide |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Naz, Nazik, Nazaire, Nazario, Nazarius, Nazariy, Nazarii, Nazaret, Nazret |
Nazar is a masculine name with multiple origins.
As used by Christians, it means "from Nazareth," the town where Jesus Christ was said to have lived. The etymology of Nazareth from as early as Eusebius up until the 20th century has been said to derive from the Hebrew word נצר netser, meaning a "shoot" or "sprout", while the apocryphal Gospel of Phillip derives the name from Nazara meaning "truth". [1]
Among Muslims it may also be of Persian, Arabic, or Turkic origin, see article "nazar" for etymology.
Nazario is an Italian and Spanish version of the name, Nazaire is a French version and Nazarii is a Ukrainian and Nazaryi Russian form. Other variants in use include Naz, Nasareo, Nasarrio, Nazaret, Nazarie, Nazaro, Nazarene, Nazerine and Nazor. Nazret, the Amharic word for Nazareth, is also occasionally used as a female name in Ethiopia and Eritrea, while Nazaret is also occasionally used as a name for girls in Spanish-speaking areas. According to the web site behindthename.com, all are derived from the name Nazarius, which was in use in late Roman times and was also the name of some early Christian saints and martyrs. [2] [3] In 2008, Nazar was the most popular name for boys born in Ukraine. [4]
Antipope Felix II, an archdeacon of Rome, was installed as Pope in 355 AD after the Emperor Constantius II banished the reigning Pope, Liberius, for refusing to subscribe to a sentence of condemnation against Saint Athanasius.
Vitus, whose name is sometimes rendered Guy or Guido, was a Christian martyr from Sicily. His surviving hagiography is pure legend. The dates of his actual life are unknown. He has for long been tied to the Sicilian martyrs Modestus and Crescentia but in the earliest sources it is clear that these were originally different traditions that later became combined. The figures of Modestus and Crescentia are probably fictitious.
Dominic, Dominik or Dominick is a male given name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". The word Dominus was used by the Roman Catholic Church as a name for God.
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context does not mean "a large meal, typically a celebratory one", but instead "an annual religious celebration, a day dedicated to a particular saint".
Saints Faith, Hope, and Charity , are a group of Christian martyred saints who are venerated together with their mother, Sophia ("Wisdom").
Agaunum was an outpost in Roman Switzerland, predecessor of the modern city of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais, southwestern Switzerland. It was used by the Roman Empire for the collection of the Quadragesima Galliarum. In Christian tradition, Agaunum is known as the place of martyrdom of the Theban Legion.
Oct. 31 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Nov. 2
September 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 25
March 27 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 29
Apr. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 2.
May 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 15
May 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 28
A martyrology is a catalogue or list of martyrs and other saints and beati arranged in the calendar order of their anniversaries or feasts. Local martyrologies record exclusively the custom of a particular Church. Local lists were enriched by names borrowed from neighbouring churches. Consolidation occurred, by the combination of several local martyrologies, with or without borrowings from literary sources.
July 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 29
August 13 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 15
February 22 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 24
Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius are saints of the Catholic Church, mentioned in the Martyrology of Bede and earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology for 12 June as four Roman martyrs who suffered death under Diocletian.
October 13 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 15
November 17 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 19
