The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for April 8

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Herodion of Patras, Agabus of Jerusalem, and Rufus of Cyzicus.

Disciples of Paul the Apostle. Three of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, April 8, par. 1 (cols. 591-2).

Herodion of Patras (Herodion of Tarsus). Bishop of Patras in Helladis or of Tarsus in Cilicia.

SEE ALSO: November 10.

Agabus of Jerusalem. Christian prophet from Jerusalem who foretold Paul the Apostle''s arrest. Martyr.

Synax. selecta, April 10 (cols. 595-6); April 11 (cols. 595-8).

BHG 2174; BiblSS I 298-9; Holweck 27; LCI V 42.

Rufus of Cyzicus. Martyred at Cyzicus in Hellespontus.

SEE ALSO: June 26.

BHG 2174; BiblSS XI 488-9; Holweck 872; LCI VIII 291.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 35r. Herodion, Agabus and Rufus. Three bishops, holding books. (Hutter, II, p. 20, fig. 64).

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

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, west wall. Herodion and companions.³²

Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 206, fig. T III 32b; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 50).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, west wall. April 11. Agabus.³³ Apostle, holding cross. Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 206, fig. T III 32a; Mijović, fig. 50).

³² Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 206. The inscription of the name of the saint is destroyed.

³³ Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 206. The fragmentary inscription refers to the figure as an apostle and gives the initial letter A.

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