Monica: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Monica on May 4 on the New Calendar and May 17 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Monica, mother of Blessed Augustine.
The saint
St Monica, mother of Blessed AugustineMonica was born to Christian parents in the North African town of Tagaste in 333, and married young to a local official named Patricius, a man pagan mostly in name whose difficult temper and loose habits made her early years as a wife genuinely hard.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Monica?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Monica on May 4 on the New Calendar and May 17 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Monica?
- It is the feast of St Monica, mother of Blessed Augustine.