The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 19

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Boniface of Tarsus.

Steward of a rich Roman woman. Martyred in Tarsus, early 4th cen.

Synax.CP, Dec. 19, par. 1 (cols. 325-7); Dec. 20, Synax. selecta (cols. 331-2).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Dec. 18.

BHG 279-282; BiblSS III 324-6; DHGE IX 882; Holweck 166; LCI III 324-6.

Mount Athos, Lavra {D} 51, fol. 62v. Martyrdom, beheading. Damaged. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 97-8, fig. 3B4).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 21v. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 12, fig. 38).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 272r. Martyr, holding cross.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 260. Dec. 20. Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, pp. 70-1, II, fig. p. 260).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 354, fig. 61, pl. 238).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Dec. 20. Martyrdom, beheading.¹¹⁷ (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 12, pl. 46).

¹¹⁷ Not identified by Mijović, Menolog.

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Ares, Promus and Elias of Ascalon.

Martyred at Ascalon in Palestine under Maximian.

Synax.CP, Dec. 19, par. 2 (col. 327).

BHG 1193; BiblSS II 399-400; Holweck 102, 312; LCI V 242.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 255. 1) Ares. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. Orant. 2) Promus and Elias. Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, pp. 69-70, II, fig. p. 255).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, center bay, vault. 1) Ares.¹¹⁸ Martyrdom, burning. 2) Promus and Elias. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 118, fig. T VIII 14; Mijović, Menolog, p. 330, fig. 43; Petković, pl. CXIV, CXVII).

¹¹⁸ Identification by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 118. Mijović, Menolog, p. 330, associates these three saints with the scene for Dec. 15.

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Timothy of Mauretania and Polyeuctus of Caesarea.

Synax.CP, Dec. 19, par. 3 (cols. 327-8).

Timothy of Mauretania. Deacon. Martyred in Mauretania under Decius.

BiblSS XII 497; Holweck 985; LCI VIII 495.

Polyeuctus of Caesarea. Martyred at Caesarea in Cappadocia, early 4th cen.

BiblSS X 994-5; Holweck 823.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 256. Timothy. Martyrdom, burning. Timothy, bound, is pushed by an executioner toward a bonfire. Building. (Menologio, I, p. 70, II, fig. p. 256).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 257. Polyeuctus. Praying. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. Polyeuctus, hands raised in prayer, stands in a blazing furnace stoked by an executioner. (Menologio, I, p. 70, II, fig. p. 257).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, west wall. 1) Polyeuctos. Martyrdom, burning. Polyeuctus, orant, stands in a bonfire. 2) Timothy. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 269, fig. 8, pl. 45).

SEE ALSO: Sebastian of Rome, December 18

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