The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for February 28

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Basil of Decapolis.
Basil the Decapolite.

Monk in Constantinople. Confessor during Iconoclasm under Leo III the Isaurian. d. after 740.

Synax.CP, Feb. 28, par. 1 (col. 493); Feb. 27, Synax. selecta (cols. 491-4).

BiblSS II 950-1; DHGE VI 1074; Holweck 138; LCI V 342.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 28v. Basil is named in the inscription, but he is not represented. (Hutter, II, p. 17, fig. 52).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 426. Feb. 27. Monk, holding scroll. Arcade. With Procopius of Decapolis; see above, Feb. 27 (1). (BiblSS II, fig. cols. 951-2, with erroneous caption; Menologio, I, p. 115, II, fig. p. 426).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Monk. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 357, fig. 62).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Feb. 27. Standing figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277).

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Nestor of Perge.

Said to be bishop of Magydus or Perge in Pamphylia. Martyred at Perge under Decius.

Synax.CP, Feb. 28, par. 3 (col. 495).

BHG 1328-1328e; BiblSS IX 825-7; Holweck 734; LCI VIII 35.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 129. Feb. 27. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Nestor, wearing loin cloth, is nailed to a cross by two executioners holding hammers and nails, one standing on a bench. Building. Name inscribed. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 8, fig. 26).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 28v. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Nestor, wearing loin cloth, hangs from a cross. (Hutter, II, p. 17, fig. 52).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 427. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Nestor, wearing loin cloth, is nailed to a cross by two executioners holding hammers and nails, one standing on a bench. Building. (Menologio, I, pp. 115-6, II, fig. p. 427).

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John Cassian.

Monk who brought principles of Egyptian monasticism to the West. Founder of two monasteries in Marseilles. Not treated as a saint in the West. ca. 360-435.

Synax.CP, Feb. 28, par. 7 (col. 495).

BiblSS III 917-20; DHGE XI 1319-48; Holweck 535; LCI VII 287; ODB 387-8; ODCC 246.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 29r. Feb. 29. Martyr, holding cross. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 17, fig. 53).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Feb. 29. Monk. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 357, fig. 62).

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Marana and Cyra of Berea.

Virgins. Recluses near Berea in Syria. They made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. 5th cen.

Synax.CP, Feb. 28, par. 9 (col. 496).

BHG 1025; BiblSS VIII 641-2; Holweck 647; LCI VII 487.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 28v. Women saints, holding crosses. Half-figures. (Hutter, II, p. 17 [unidentified], fig. 52).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 429. Nuns. Hands raised. Arcade. (Menologio, I, p. 116, II, fig. p. 429).

SEE ALSO:
Domnina of Syria, March 1
Maruthas of Martyropolis, February 16
Thalalaeus of Syria, February 27

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