The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 16

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Haggai.
Aggaeus.

Prophet.

Synax.CP, Dec. 16, par. 1 (col. 313).

BHG 44-44a; BiblSS I 352-8; Holweck 31; LCI I 80-1, V 51; ODCC 613.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 21r. Prophet, holding cross. (Hutter, II, p. 12, fig. 37).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 271r. Prophet.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 248. Prophet, holding open scroll. Building. (Menologio, I, p. 68, II, fig. p. 248).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Prophet. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 354, fig. 61, pl. 239).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, east bay, vault. Prophet, holding scroll. Fragmentary. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 115, fig. T V 1b; Mijović, Menolog, p. 330, fig. 48).

Marinus of Rome.

Child. Son of a Roman senator. Martyred at Rome under Marcian.

Synax.CP, Dec. 16, par. 2 (cols. 313-4).

BHG 2256; BiblSS VIII 1171-2; Holweck 659; LCI VII 546.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 21r. Marinus? Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 12 [unidentified], fig. 37).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 271r. Martyr, holding cross.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 247. Martyrdom, beheading. Marinus, beardless, bound, is about to be beheaded. On a hill at right, a column. (Menologio, I, pp. 67-8, II, fig. p. 247).

Nicholas II of Constantinople.
Nicholas Chrysoberges.

Patriarch of Constantinople, 980-992.

Synax.CP, Dec. 16, par. 6 (col. 314).

BiblSS IX 970; Fedalto 7; Holweck 741.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 271r. Bishop, holding book. Wearing polystavrion.

Theophano, Empress.

Wife of Emperor Leo VI. d. 893.

Synax.CP, Dec. 16, par. 7 (cols. 314-6).

BHG 1794-1795e; BiblSS XII 326-7; Holweck 971; LCI VIII 461.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 21r. Empress. Wearing crown and loros. Holding cross with double traverse. (Hutter, II, p. 12 [unidentified], fig. 37).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 249. Empress. Wearing crown and jewelled mantle. Orant. Building with loggias. (Menologio, I, p. 68, II, fig. p. 249).

SEE ALSO: Bacchus the Younger, December 15

Sunday before Nativity of Christ. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Patriarchs Three.

Synax.CP, Sunday before Nativity of Christ, par. 1 (cols. 315-8).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 273r. Three patriarchs, holding closed scrolls.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 250. Three patriarchs, holding closed scrolls. Each wears chiton and himation. (Menologio, I, p. 68, II, fig. p. 250).

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