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 8

Patapius of Thebes.
Patarius of Thebes.

Monk from Thebes. Lived as a hermit in the Blacherna quarter in Constantinople. 7th cen.

Synax.CP, Dec. 8, par. 1 (col. 287); Dec. 9, Synax. selecta (cols. 289-94).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Dec. 8.

BHG 1424-1428; BiblSS X 372-3; Holweck 774; LCI VIII 123.

Milan, Ambrosiana, gr. 1017, fol. 109v. Monk, holding cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 131, figs. 3G2-3).

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

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

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 232. Dec. 9. Monk. Orant. Building. (Menologio, I, p. 63, II, fig. p. 232).

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

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, soffit. Monk. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 107, fig. T V 2; Mijović, Menolog, p. 328, fig. 48).

Sosthenes of Corinth, Apollo of Caesarea, Cephas, Bishop, Tychicus of Colophon, Caesar, Bishop, Epaphroditus of Philippi and Onesiphorus of Ephesus.

Disciples of Paul the Apostle. Seven of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Dec. 8, par. 3 (cols. 289-90); Dec. 9, Synax. selecta (cols. 291-2).

Sosthenes of Corinth. From Corinth. Said to be bishop of Colophon in Asia.

BiblSS XI 1323-4; Fedalto 125; Holweck 929; LCI VIII 386.

Apollo of Caesarea. Actine in Corinth and Ephesus. Said to be bishop of Caesarea (Cappadocia I, Palestine I or Phoenicia I?).

BiblSS II 251-3; Holweck 96; LCI V 231.

Cephas, Bishop.

Holweck 584, LCI VII 309.

Tychicus of Colophon (Tychicus of Chalcedon). Bishop of Colophon in Asia or of Chalcedon in Bithynia I.

BiblSS XII 469-71; Fedalto 126; Holweck 993; LCI VIII 504.

Caesar, Bishop.

LCI V 475.

Epaphroditus of Philippi. Bishop of Philippi in Macedonia or of Adriat in Syria.

BiblSS IV 1253-4; Fedalto 448; Holweck 323; LCI VI 150.

Onesiphorus of Ephesus. Said to be bishop of Colophon in Asia or of Coronea in Helladis.

SEE ALSO: November 9, July 16.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 231. Dec. 9. Bishops. Seven standing bishops. Apollo holds a slightly unfurled scroll; Cephas holds a book; Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Caesar and Onesiphorus hold closed scrolls. (Menologio, I, pp. 62-3, II, fig. p. 231).

Sophronius of Cyprus.

Bishop of Constantia (Salamis) in Cyprus. 6th cen.

Synax.CP, Dec. 8, par. 4 (col. 290); Dec. 9, Synax. selecta (cols. 291-2).

BiblSS XI 1283-4; Fedalto 875; Holweck 928; LCI VIII 385.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 233. Dec. 9. Bishop, holding book. Building with towers. (Menologio, I, p. 63, II, fig. p. 233).

SEE ALSO: Athenodorus of Mesopotamia, December 7