Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Introduction Calendar Abbreviations List of Iconographical Motifs List of Iconographical Scenes List of Feasts

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 7

Ambrose of Milan.

Bishop of Milan, 374-397.

Synax.CP, Dec. 7, par. 1 (cols. 283-4).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Dec. 7.

BHG 67-70; BiblSS I 945-90; DHGE II 1091-1108; Holweck 59-60; LCI V 115-20; ODB 76-7; ODCC 42-3; ODS 16-17.

Milan, Ambrosiana, gr. 1017, fol. 98av. Monk, holding cross. (Error in costume.) (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 131, figs. 3F12-3G1).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 20r. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 11, fig. 35).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 270v. Bishop, holding book. (Weitzmann, "Five Martyrs of Sebaste," fig. 6).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 227. Bishop. Praying. Ambrose stands with draped hands raised in prayer toward the Hand of God emerging from an arc of Heaven. Building. (Menologio, I, pp. 61-2, II, fig. p. 227).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Bishop. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 354, fig. 61, pls. 238-239).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, soffit. Bishop, holding book. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 106, fig. T V 2; Mijović, Menolog, p. 328, fig. 48).

Athenodorus of Mesopotamia.

Hermit. Martyred in Mesopotamia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Dec. 7, par. 3 (cols. 285-8); Dec. 8, Synax. selecta. (cols. 289-90).

BHG 2048; BiblSS II 560-1; Holweck 115; LCI V 272.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 228. Dec. 8. Monk. Martyrdom, beheading. Praying. Triumph. Athenodorus, bending forward to receive the sword blow, prays toward an arc of Heaven from which rays descend. The executioner's arm, holding the sword, has miraculously been severed from his body. (Menologio, I, p. 62, II, fig. p. 228).

John the Hesychast.
John Silentarius; John the Sabbaite.

Bishop of Colonia in Armenia. Monk at the Monastery of St. Sabas in the Judean desert. d. 559.

SEE ALSO: January 10.

Synax.CP, Dec. 7, par. 4 (cols. 285-8); Dec. 9, Synax. selecta (cols. 291-2).

BHG 897-898; BiblSS VI 904-5; Fedalto 51; Holweck 536-7; LCI VII 164.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 230. Dec. 9. Monk. Praying. John, kneeling, prays toward Hand of God emerging from arc of Heaven. Walled monastery of St. Sabas with domed rotunda surmounted by a cross. (Menologio, I, p. 62, II, fig. p. 230).