St Ignatius of Antioch

I am always surprised by the fact that so few parents name their children for well-known saints, whose names are hardly ever chosen at baptisms. Truly, how many children or adults do you know named Ignatius, Joachim, Lazarus, Stephen, Zacchaeus, Nicodemus, Cyril, Jacinta, Gregory, Matthias, Barnabas, Benedict, Alphonsus, Pio, Jerome, Jude, Leo, Cecilia, Agatha, and may others? St Ignatius of Antioch was a disciple of St John the Evangelist. He converted to Christianity and St. Peter appointed him as Bishop of Antioch, a major city back then. He wrote various letters to communities he would visit, as St. Paul did. He was the first person to use the word Catholic. When he was condemned to death at the Coliseum, eaten by lions, very few people knew that more Christians would join the Catholic church, because of his witness and strong faith till the end. Since he knew most of the apostles, what he wrote was considered to be very authentic, because he had heard it from the mouths of those who were closest to Jesus. Too bad they were not included in the Bible.