Philippa's Name Day

3rd May

Philippa, the name has a description or meaning which is from the Greek, 'a lover of horses'

Philippa has a Name day of 3rd May, please check our history page to find out how this was derived

This description represents the Female usage of the name.

This name is a variant of the original name Philip

St Philip is a patron saint of the following:

Symbols are often associated with Saints, it often helped in the middle ages when people were unable to read thus Philip has the following symbols associated

Historically Famous Philippas

Philip was another of the 12 disciples, a respectably married Jewish fisherman from Galilee until he was called to follow Jesus. We know much less about him than Peter, but he was one of the disciples at the feeding of the 5000, so bread has become one of his symbols in art. He was also the apostle who converted Queen Candace's eunuch as he travelled back to Egypt after the Resurrection. Tradition has it that he went to Phrygia and was martyred at Hieropolis, but this is not known for certain