Virgin. Martyred at Thessalonica under Maximian.
Synax.CP, Dec. 30, par. 1 (cols. 355-7).
BHG 144-146; BiblSS I 1267; Holweck 93; LCI V 167.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 23r. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 13, fig. 41).
Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 282v. Woman saint, holding cross.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 283. Martyrdom, stabbing with sword. An executioner thrusts a sword into the side of Anysia. Behind them, a pagan temple surmounted by a statue of a nude male divinity holding a spear. At right, a small church. (Menologio, I, 77-8, II, fig. p. 283).
Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Martyrdom, stabbing with sword. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 356, fig. 61, pl. 239).
Indes, a eunuch, and Domna, martyred with companions, including Gorgonius, Peter, Zeno, Dorotheus, Glycerius, Mardonius, Migdonius, and Theophilus, at Nicomedia under Diocletian.
Synax.CP, Dec. 30, par. 2 (cols. 357-8); Dec. 28, Synax. selecta (cols. 349-54).
Simeon Metaphrastes, Dec. 28.
SEE ALSO: December 3.
Mount Athos, Lavra {D} 51, fol. 170r. Dec. 28. 1) Indes, Gorgonius and Peter. Martyrdom, drowning. The three are being thrown head first into the water from a boat. 2) Four Martyrs of Nicomedia. Martyrdom, beheading. 3) Twenty Thousand Martyrs of Nicomedia. Martyrdom, burning. The basilican church of Nicomedia, cross on gable, has been set on fire. Members of the congregation are visible in the doorway. The martyrdom of Domna is not represented. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 99, fig. 3B11).
Mount Sinai, gr. 508, fol. 234v. Dec. 28. Triumph. Initial A. Emperor, crowned, probably Maximian, holding a vessel from which a serpent drinks? (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 156, fig. 6F7).
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 278. Dec. 28. Domna. 1) Martyrdom, beheading. Domna is about to be beheaded. 2) Body burned. An executioner hurls the body of Domna into a bonfire where the nimbed head is seen. (Menologio, I, p. 76, II, fig. p. 278).
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 280. 1) Indes, Gorgonius and Peter. Martyrdom, drowning. Indes, wearing loin cloth, weight tied around his neck, is about to be thrown into the sea. Gorgonius and Peter, also with stones tied around their necks, are in the sea. 2) Zeno and Dorotheus. Martyrdom, beheading. 3) Glycerius and Mardonius. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. 4) Migdonius. Martyrdom, burial in pit. Migdonius, bare torso, is shown waist deep in a pit. 5) Theophilus. Martyrdom, stoning. (Menologio, I, pp. 76-7, II, fig. p. 280).
Deacon. Said to be bishop of Bostra in Arabia. Martyr. One of the Seven Deacons. One of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.
SEE ALSO: July 28.
Synax.CP, Dec. 30, Synax. selecta (cols. 357-8).
BiblSS XII 481; Fedalto 744; Holweck 983; LCI VIII 494.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 284. Apostle, holding closed scroll. Timon stands under an arch. On either side, a large candelabrum with lighted candle, flanked by two cypress trees. (Menologio, I, p. 78, II, fig. p. 284).