When is Xanthippe’s name day?

Xanthippe’s name day is September 23, the feast of Xanthippe and Polyxene.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on October 6 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on September 23.

The saint behind the name

• Xanthippe and Polyxene

  September 23, Holy Woman, Ξανθίππη και Πολυξένη

  Sts. Xanthippe and Polyxene were sisters of Spain in the apostolic age. Tradition relates that Xanthippe, wife of a governor, received the faith from the Apostle Paul when he preached in Spain, and that Polyxene, carried off to the East, was baptized by the Apostle Andrew and returned to Spain with the Apostle Onesimos.

  Name days: Xanthippe, Xanthippi, Polyxene, Polyxeni, Polyxenia, Polixeni, Xanthi

Also celebrating on September 23

These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:

Xanthippi, Polyxene, Polyxeni, Polyxenia, Polixeni, Xanthi

What to say on a name day

The Greek wish is Χρόνια Πολλά (Chronia Polla), “many years.” A call or a short message on the day is what people remember. See name day wishes you can send and what a name day is.