Female name
When is Isidora’s name day?
Ισιδώρα · Isidora
Main name day
Venerable Isidore of Pelusium
The Greek name Ισιδώρα (Isidora) is celebrated on 4 February.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Venerable Isidore of Pelusium4th–5th centuryAn Egyptian monk (c. 360–440) who lived as an ascetic near Pelusium and left a vast body of letters on theological and spiritual teaching.Isidore was born in Egypt around 360, a relative of the Patriarchs of Alexandria Theophilus and Cyril I. He received an excellent theological education and at first taught as a catechist in the church of Alexandria.Read more
- Saint Isidore of Chios3rd centuryMartyr who suffered on Chios.Isidore was a sailor in the imperial fleet from Alexandria, in the time of Decius. When the fleet anchored at Chios, he was denounced as a Christian to the admiral Numerius and confessed his faith himself.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Isidora
- English equivalents
- Isidora
- In Greek
- Ισιδώρα