The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for August 17

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Myron of Cyzicus.

Priest. Martyred at Cyzicus in Hellespontus under Decius.

Synax.CP, Aug. 17, par. 1 (cols. 903-5).

BHG 1312y-1314; BiblSS IX 502-3; Holweck 726; LCI VIII 26.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 51v. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 31, fig. 97).

Gračanica. Narthex, north aisle, south wall. Holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 307, fig. 30; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. V south wall 6).

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Paul and Juliana of Ptolemais.

Brother and sister. Martyred at Ptolemais in Syria under Aurelian.

SEE ALSO: March 4.

Synax.CP, Aug. 17, par. 5 (cols. 905-8).

Gračanica. Narthex, north aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 306, fig. 30; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. V south wall 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Paul and Julian instead of Juliana. Martyrdom, beheading. Gender confusion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 284, fig. 10, pl. 113; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 85).

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