The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for August 2

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Stephen Protomartyr, Translation of Relics.

Deacon. The first martyr. One of the Seven Deacons. d. ca. 35.

SEE ALSO: December 27.

Synax.CP, Aug. 2, par. 1 (cols. 861-4).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 50r. Translation of relics. Two men carry a sarcophagus or reliquary on their shoulders. (Hutter, II, pp. 29-30, fig. 94).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, east wall, pilaster. Translation of relics. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 283, fig. 9, pl. 109; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 84).

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Stephen I of Rome.

Pope, 254-257. Martyr.

Synax.CP, Aug. 2, par. 2 (cols. 864-5).

BiblSS XII 22-4; Holweck 934; LCI VIII 392-3; ODCC 1308-9; ODP 20-1.

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Stephen I of Rome?⁸² Bishop, holding book. Inscription destroyed. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 309, fig. T IX 4b; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 44 [not identified]).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, south wall, pilaster. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 283, fig. 11; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 84).

⁸² Babić et al, Dečani, no. 309, propose Stephen Protomartyr for this figure.

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