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 February 16

Pamphilus, Valens, Porphyrius, Theodulus and Julian of Caesarea.

Pamphilus, priest, Porphyrius, his servant, and ten others martyred at Caesarea in Palestine under Maximian.

Synax.CP, Feb. 16, par. 1 (cols. 467-8).

BHG 1405-1407e; BiblSS X 94-101, X 1038-9, XII 319; Holweck 766, 825-6, 967; LCI VIII 109-10, VIII 222.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 72. Pamphilus and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. One man is about to be beheaded. The bodies and severed heads of four men lie on the ground. Three more men stand waiting. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 7, fig. 15).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 404. Pamphilus, Valens and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. One man is about to be beheaded. The bodies and severed heads of four men lie on the ground. Four more men stand waiting. (Menologio, I, pp. 109-10, II, fig. p. 404).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 405. Porphyrius, Julian and Theodulus. 1) Porphyrius and Julian. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. Hands raised. 2) Theodulus. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Theodulus is nailed to a cross with suppedaneum by an executioner holding hammer and nail. (Menologio, I, p. 110, II, fig. p. 405).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Pamphilus and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 356, fig. 62, pls. 245, 247).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Pamphilus and companions. Four martyrs, one holding a cross. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 275, fig. 13, pl. 71; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 105.2).

Maruthas of Martyropolis.

Bishop of Martyropolis in Mesopotamia. Deposited relics of the martyrs who suffered under Shapur II in Martyropolis. Early 5th cen.

Synax.CP, Feb. 16, par. 3 (cols. 469-70).

BiblSS VIII 1305-9; Fedalto 848; Holweck 671; LCI VII 584.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 132. Feb. 28. Bishop. Praying. Maruthas stands with his hands raised in prayer before a basilican church. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 8, fig. 27).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 406. Deposition of relics of the Persian martyrs. Maruthas, a bishop, swinging a censer, and three priests holding lighted candles surround a sarcophagus decorated with a relief of a nude youth holding a spear and globe. Behind, the basilican church of Martyropolis. (Menologio, I, p. 110, II, fig. p. 406).