The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 3

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Sophonias.
Zephaniah.

Prophet.

Synax.CP, Dec. 3, par. 1 (col. 275).

BHG 1640-1640f, BiblSS XI 1280-2; Holweck 928; LCI IV 181-2, VIII 384; ODCC 1511.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 19v. Prophet. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 11, fig. 34).

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

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 222. Prophet, holding scroll inscribed with Sophonias 2:9. Building. (Menologio, I, pp. 60-1, II, fig. p. 222).

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

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Prophet, holding inscribed scroll. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 102, fig. T IV 37; Mijović, Menolog, p. 328, fig. 42, pl. 209).

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Indes and companions of Nicomedia.
Indus of Nicomedia.

Indes, a eunuch, martyred with companions at Nicomedia under Diocletian.

SEE ALSO: December 30.

Synax.CP, Dec. 3, par. 2 (col. 275).

BHG 822z-823a; BiblSS VII 792-4; Holweck 288, 504; LCI VI 82.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 270r. Indes and companions. Group of martyrs holding crosses.

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Theodore of Alexandria II.

Bishop. Martyr. Unknown time. Possibly the same as the martyr Theodore of Alexandria of Sept. 12.

SEE ALSO: September 12.

Synax.CP, Dec. 3, par. 4 (col. 275).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 221. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. At left, the sea. At right, building. (Menologio, I, p. 60, II, fig. p. 221).

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Theodulus of Cyprus.

Monk in Cyprus. 8th cen.

Synax.CP, Dec. 3, par. 5 (col. 275).

Holweck 968; LCI VIII 458.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 223. Monk. Praying. Theodulus stands praying before a basilican church. Wall. (Menologio, I, p. 61, II, fig. p. 223).

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Theodulus Stylites.

Synax.CP, Dec. 3, par. 6 (cols. 275-8).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 19v. Monk. Stylite. Bust on column. (Hutter, II, p. 11, fig. 34).

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