Gender Masculine
Scripts Σεραπίων(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

From the name of the Greco-Egyptian god Serapis. Saint Serapion was a 3rd-century patriarch of Antioch. This was also the name of a 13th-century saint, a Mercedarian friar who was martyred by pirates.

Related Names

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Name Days

Croatia: March 21

Categories

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Σεραπίων.
Entry updated October 6, 2024