The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 20

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Ignatius of Antioch.
Ignatius Theophorus.

Bishop of Antioch. Martyred at Rome under Trajan, ca. 107.

SEE ALSO: January 29.

Synax.CP, Dec. 20, par. 1 (cols. 329-30).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Dec. 20.

BHG 813-816g; BiblSS VII 653-5; Fedalto 681; Holweck 501; LCI VI 575-8; ODCC 688-9; ODS 215-6.

Mount Athos, Lavra {D} 51, fol. 87v. Bishop. Martyrdom, wild beasts. Very damaged. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 98).

Mount Sinai, gr. 508, fol. 66v. Triumph. Initial {PI}. Emperor Trajan, wearing crown, holds a serpent. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 155, fig. 6F5).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 21v. Bishop. Martyrdom, wild beasts. Ignatius, kneeling, is flanked by two lions, one of which bites his thigh. (Hutter, II, p. 12, fig. 38).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 272r. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 258. Bishop. Martyrdom, wild beasts. Ignatius is bitten by two lions. Semicircular arena. Two witnesses. (Menologio, I, p. 70, II, fig. p. 258).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Bishop. Martyrdom, wild beasts. Ignatius is attacked by two lions. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 354, fig. 61, pl. 238).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, center bay, vault. Bishop, wearing polystavrion. Martyrdom, wild beasts. Ignatius is bitten by two lions. Building. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 119, fig. T VIII 14; Mijović, Menolog, p. 330, fig. 43; Petković, pl. CXIV, CXVII).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Bishop. Martyrdom, wild beasts. Ignatius is bitten by two lions. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 269, fig. 12, pl. 44).

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Eugenius and Macarius of Arabia.

Priests. Martyred in Arabia (or in Mauretania) under Julian the Apostate. Possibly the same as Eugenius and Macarius of Antioch.

Eugenius and Macarius of Antioch, SEE ALSO: October 20.

Synax.CP, Dec. 20, par. 2 (cols. 330-1).

BHG 2126-7; BiblSS V 201-2; DHGE XV 1345-6; Holweck 335-6, 683; LCI VI 177.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 21v. Eugenius and Macarius? Martyrs, holding crosses. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 12 [unidentified], fig. 38).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 259. Martyrs. Praying. Eugenius and Macarius raise their hands in prayer toward an arc of Heaven from which rays descend. Bonfire. (Menologio, I, p. 70, II, fig. p. 259).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Martyrs, holding crosses. Three-quarter figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 269, fig. 12).

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Philogonius of Antioch.

Bishop of Antioch, 320-324. Confessor under Licinius.

Synax.CP, Dec. 20, par. 3 (cols. 331-2); Dec. 21, Synax. selecta (cols. 333-4).

BHG 1532; BiblSS V 794-5; Fedalto 682; Holweck 813; LCI VIII 208.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 21v. Philogonius? Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 12 [unidentified], fig. 38).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 263. Dec. 21. Bishop, holding book. Building. (Menologio, I, p. 71, II, fig. p. 263).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Dec. 21. Philogonia, instead of Philogonius. Woman saint, holding cross. Half-figure. Gender confusion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 269, fig. 12, pl. 46).

SEE ALSO: Boniface of Tarsus, December 19

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