I thought about using my middle name Michael for mostly the same reason, but there was never much of a connection. I ended up being drawn to St. Peter the Aleut for various reasons, but he has his practical drawbacks. There seem to be at least two different days when he's commemorated--in both cases, he's a minor saint for the day, so he's lucky to get mentioned in the list at the end of the service.
The date that my priest said to use is during the Nativity Fast. On top of all that, Peter Peterson makes me sound like I should be selling used cars or something. But, what can you do? Your saint is your saint Feast days that fall during fasts are truly unfortunate! Well, thanks for the commiseration, Peter. It's nice to know I'm not the only one with this problem! One question though: have you looked into what the Orthodox in Alaska do vis-a-vis St Peter? It seems like they would have a more definite practice for commemorating him, and perhaps even a whole service in his honour.
I haven't been able to find anything so far. I hope one day to go on pilgrimage to Alaska, and it would certainly be high on my list of things to find out Fool of a Taylor! There is nothing cooler than being named after a great figure of the Bible! Aaron rocks! If you want even more reason to be grateful for your name, Aaron is also the name of the "singer" of My Dying Bride - even more reason for it to be regarded as a venerable name! Furthermore, he is not the only saint to have had made mistakes.
There was one saint, whose name I forget, who was a monk, had sex with a prostitute and killed her so no one would find out. He spent the rest of his life in the woman's tomb, crying, praying and repenting, and thus he became a saint. The errors of the saints should give us hope, I think, and remind us that holiness is found in repentance and not in being a goody two shoes. Saints made mistakes and they sinned. But their burning love for God, their humility and love is what made them holy.
Aaron is no exception to this rule. As far as I was aware, the main feast day for Aaron is the Sunday before Christmas. Of course, you can also celebrate on All Saints Day if it pleases you. Oh, and another thing, Aaron had a huge friggin' beard! Thus, everytime a priest dons his stole, he says, "Blessed is God who pours his grace upon his priests; it is like myrrh upon the head which runs down to the beard, even the beard of Aaron, which ran down to the helm of his garment".
