The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 1

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Nahum.

Prophet.

Synax.CP, Dec. 1, par. 1 (col. 269).

BHG 1315-1316d; BiblSS IX 697-700; Holweck 727; LCI III 309-10, VIII 31-2; ODCC 953.

Jerusalem, Greek Patriarchate, Saba 63, fol. 95r. Prophet, holding scroll. Half-figure. Two buildings. (Baumstark, "Menaion," p. 69).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 270r. Prophet, holding open scroll.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 216. Prophet. Prophesying at Nineveh. Nahum stands, holding closed scroll and making a speaking gesture, turning toward the walled city of Nineveh on a hill. Behind Nahum, building with colonnaded portico and domed tower. (Menologio, I, p. 59, II, fig. p. 216).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Nahum? Prophet. Damaged. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 352, fig. 61, pl. 238).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Prophet, holding inscribed scroll. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 100, fig. T IV 35; Mijović, Menolog, p. 328, fig. 42, pl. 209).

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Ananias of Persia.

Martyred at Arbela under Shapur II.

Synax.CP, Dec. 1, par. 2 (col. 269).

BiblSS I 1036; DHGE II 1436; Holweck 65; LCI V 129-30.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 19r. Ananias? Martyr, holding a cross. (Hutter, II, p. 10 [unidentified], fig. 33).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 217. Martyrdom, beating with clubs. Vision. Ananias, wearing loin cloth, prone, bound wrists and ankles tied to stakes in the ground, is beaten by two executioners. Before him appears a vision of two angels holding staves ascending a ladder toward an arc of Heaven. (Menologio, I, pp. 59-60, II, fig. p. 217).

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Philaretus Eleemosynary.
Philaretus of Paphlagonia.

Layman known for his generosity to the poor. Late 8th cen.

Synax.CP, Dec. 1, par. 3 (cols. 269-70); Dec. 2, Synax. selecta (cols. 271-2).

BiblSS V 682-3; Holweck 809; LCI VIII 196-7.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 19r. Philaretus? Standing figure. (Hutter, II, p. 10 [unidentified], fig. 33).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 270r. Dec. 2. Monk, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 218. Dec. 2. Burial. Philaretus is buried in a sarcophagus by three clerics, one swinging a censer. Behind, the walled monastery of Crisis with an arcaded courtyard and a basilican church with gable surmounted by a cross. (Menologio, I, p. 60, II, fig. p. 218).

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