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The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for February 20

Archippus, Philemon and Appia of Colossae.

Archippus and Philemon, disciples of Paul the Apostle. Two of the Seventy Apostles.

SEE ALSO: November 23.

Synax.CP, Feb. 20, par. 1 (cols. 475-8); Feb. 19, Synax. selecta (cols. 475-476).

Archippus of Colossae. Said to be bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia. Martyred at Colossae in Phrygia under Nero.

BHG 2039-2040; BiblSS II 378-82; Fedalto 150; Holweck 101; LCI V 241-2.

Philemon and Appia of Colossae. Husband and wife. Martyred at Colossae in Phrygia under Nero. Appia is sometimes identified as Appias, another disciple of Paul.

BHG 2039-2040; BiblSS V 688-97; Holweck 809; LCI VIII 197; ODCC 1080.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 101. Feb. 21. 1) Archippus. Martyrdom, stoning. 2) Philemon and Appia. Martyrdom, beheading. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 7, fig. 20).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Feb. 19. Archippus and Appia. Martyrdom, burning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 356, fig. 62, pl. 242).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Archippus and 128 companions. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 172, fig. T III 26b; Mijović, Menolog, p. 333, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 15, pl. CXIX.1).

Sadoth of Seleucia.
Sadoch, Sahdust.

Bishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon. Martyred with companions under Shapur II.

SEE ALSO: October 19.

Synax.CP, Feb. 20, par. 2 (col. 478).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 414. Sadoth and companions. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, p. 112, II, fig. p. 414).

SEE ALSO:
Leo of Catania, February 21
Sophronius, Bishop, February 19