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Blasius of Sebaste.

Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia. Martyred under Licinius.

Synax.CP, Feb. 11, par. 1 (col. 457).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Feb. 11.

BHG 276-277k; BiblSS III 157-70; Fedalto 50; Holweck 162; LCI V 416-9; ODCC 179; ODS 48-9.

Messina, San Salvatore 27, fol. 131v. Bishop. Bust. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 76, figs. 2C6-2C7).

Messina, San Salvatore 27, fol. 132r. Bishop, holding book. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 76, fig. 2C8).

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 41. Blasius and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. Blasius, a bishop, is about to be beheaded. Name inscribed. The bodies and severed heads of two boys lie on the ground. A group of six women stand awaiting martyrdom at the right. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 7, fig. 10).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 390. Blasius and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. Blasius, a bishop, is about to be beheaded. The bodies and severed heads of two boys lie on the ground. A group of six women stand awaiting martyrdom at the right. (Menologio, I, p. 106, II, fig. p. 390).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Blasius? Torture, crucifixion. Inscription destroyed. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 356, fig. 62).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Blasius.²⁰ Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. Fragmentary scene. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 163, fig. T VIII 26b; Petković, Dečani, p. 15).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Blasius and companions. Blasius, a bishop holding a book, and three martyrs, one holding a cross. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 275, fig. 13, pl. 70; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 108.3).

²⁰ Identification proposed by Babić et al.

Macedonius of Syria.

Hermit in Syria. 4th-5th cen.

Synax.CP, Feb. 11, par. 2 (cols. 457-8).

BHG 1011; BiblSS VIII 441-2; Holweck 634; LCI VII 469.

Zacharias. Invention of Relics.

Synax.CP, Feb. 11, par 3 (col. 458).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 391. Two priests, one holding a lighted candle, another swinging a censer, and a third cleric surround a sarcophagus, partly above ground. The end of the sarcophagus is decorated with a relief of a nude male youth holding a spear. Behind, a basilican church with cross on gable. No text accompanies the miniature. (Menologio, I, p. 106, II, fig. p. 391).

Theodora, Empress, Wife of Theophilus.

Empress, 842-56. d. after 867.

Synax.CP, Feb. 11, par. 4 (cols. 458-60).

BHG 1731-1741; BiblSS XII 222-4; Holweck 958; LCI VIII 452-3; ODB 2037-8.