The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for April 30

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James Major the Apostle.

Apostle. Brother of John the Evangelist. Son of Zebedee and Salome. 1st cen.

SEE ALSO: November 15.

Synax.CP, April 30, Synax. selecta (cols. 639-644).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 37v. Martyrdom, stabbing with spear. James, kneels, as an executioner stabs him in the chest with a spear. (Hutter, II, p. 22, fig. 69).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277, fig. 8, pl. 78).

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