The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for February 17

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Theodore Tyro.
Theodore the Recruit; Theodore of Euchaita.

Soldier. Martyred under Maximian.

Synax.CP, Feb. 17, par. 1 (col. 469).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Feb. 17.

BHG 1760-1773; BiblSS XII 238-42; Holweck 963; LCI VIII 447-51; ODB 2048-9; ODS 400.

Messina, San Salvatore 27, fol. 161v. Soldier, holding spear and sword. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 76-7, figs. 2C10-11).

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 74. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. Orant. A notary holding an open scroll witnesses the event. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 7, fig. 16).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 407. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. Orant. A notary holding an open scroll with pseudo-inscription witnesses the event. (Menologio, I, pp. 110-11, II, fig. p. 407).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 356, fig. 62, pl. 242).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, burning. Theodore, hands raised, stands in a bonfire. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 275, fig. 13, pl. 71; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 105.2).

Mariamna of Palestine.

Virgin. Sister of Philip the Apostle. With Bartholomew the Apostle, missionary in Lycaonia. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Feb. 17, par. 2 (col. 469).

BiblSS VIII 1145-6; Holweck 657; LCI VII 544.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 408. Woman saint. Orant. Arcade. (Menologio, I, p.111, II, fig. p. 408).

Auxibius of Soli.

Bishop of Soli in Cyprus. d. 102-112.

Synax.CP, Feb. 17, par. 3 (cols. 469-70).

BHG 204; BiblSS II 617-8; DHGE V 958; Fedalto 887; Holweck 124; LCI V 297.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 409. Bishop, holding book. Auxibius stands under a pointed arch. (Menologio, I, p. 111, II, fig. p. 409).

Theosterictus of Symbola.

Monk. Abbot of Symbola on Mount Olympus in Bithynia. 9th cen.?

Synax.CP, Feb. 17, par. 4 (col. 470).

BiblSS XII 362-3; Holweck 956; LCI VIII 463.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Monk. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 275, fig. 13, pl. 71; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 105.2).

Flavian of Constantinople.

Patriarch of Constantinople, 446-449.

Synax.CP, Feb. 17, par. 7 (col. 472).

BiblSS V 889-909; DHGE XVIII 390-5; Fedalto 4; Holweck 386; LCI VI 245; Nicol 40; ODB 789-90; ODCC 517.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 410. Bishop, holding book. Flavian stands under an arch. (Menologio, I, p. 111, II,fig. p. 410).

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