The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Simeon of Jerusalem.

Bishop of Jerusalem, ca. 62-after 107. Martyr. One of the Seventy Apostles.

SEE ALSO: Septtember 18.

Synax.CP, April 27, par. 1 (cols. 631-4).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 37r. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 22, fig. 68).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Martyrdom, crucifixion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 357, fig. 61).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Martyrdom, crucifixion. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 220, fig. T III 37; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 17).

Gračanica. South aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Simeon, wearing a loin cloth, is bound to a cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 297, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Simeon, wearing a loin cloth, is bound to the arms of a cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277, fig. 8, pl. 79).

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