The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for April 28

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Jason of Tarsus and Sosipater of Iconium.

Disciples of Paul the Apostle. Founders of the church in Corfu. Martyrs. Two of the Seventy Apostles.

Synax.CP, April 28, par. 1 (cols. 633-6).

Jason of Tarsus. Bishop of Tarsus in Cilicia.

BHG 776-776f; BiblSS VI 443-4; Fedalto 477, 754; Holweck 409; LCI VII 59.

Sosipater of Iconium. Bishop of Iconium in Lycaonia.

SEE ALSO: November 10.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 37v. Jason. Name inscribed. The miniature is almost entirely destroyed. (Hutter, II, p. 22, fig. 69).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Jason.⁴¹ (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 221, fig. T III 37; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 50).

Gračanica. South aisle, south wall. Jason and Sosipater. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 297, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Jason and Sosipater. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277, fig. 8).

⁴¹ Identified by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 221, on the basis of a new reading of the inscription.

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Maximus, Dadas and Quintilianus of Durostorum.

Martyred at Durostorum under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, April 28, par. 2 (cols. 636-8).

BHG 1238, BiblSS IX 78-9, Holweck 258-9, LCI VI 27 (Dadas).

Gračanica. South aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (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, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277, fig. 8, pl. 79).

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Publius of Nicomedia.

Soldier. Converted at Nicomedia in Bithynia by Basil of Amaseia. Martyred under Licinius.

Synax.CP, April 28, par. 3 (col. 638); April 26, Synax. selecta (cols. 629-32).

Holweck 838.

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

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. April 26. Martyrdom, burning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277, fig. 8, pl. 79).

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