The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for April 24

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Elizabeth Thaumaturga.
Elizabeth of Constantinople.

Virgin. Nun. Miracle worker. Abbess of the Monastery of SS. Cosmas and Damian in Constantinople.

Synax.CP, April 24, par. 1 (cols. 625-7).

BHG 2121-2122a; BiblSS IV 1093-4; Holweck 313; LCI VI 132-3.

Gračanica. South aisle, south wall. Nun. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 297, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

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Sabas Stratelates.
Sabas of Rome.

Soldier. Martyred at Rome under Aurelian.

Synax.CP, April 24, par. 2 (cols. 627-8).

BHG 2388; BiblSS XI 581-3; Holweck 875; LCI VIII 301.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 37r. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 21, fig. 68).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Sabas and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 357, fig. 61).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Martyrdom, stabbing with knife. An executioner is about to stab Sabas, bound, in the forehead with a knife. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 217, fig. T III 36; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 17, pl. CXXVI).

Treskavac. Narthex, west wall. Martyrdom, drowning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 313, fig. 39, pl. 160).

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Eusebius II of Nicomedia.

Martyred with companions at Nicomedia in Bithynia under Diocletian. Said to be associated with George of Lydda.

Synax.CP, April 24, par. 4 (col. 628).

BiblSS V 274-5; Holweck 344.

Gračanica. South aisle, south wall. Eusebius and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 297, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

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