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 3

Simeon Theodochus and Anna the Prophetess.

Synax.CP, Feb. 3, par. 1 (cols. 439-40).

Simeon Theodochus (Simeon the Just). High Priest. Simeon recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah during the presentation in the Temple. 1st cen.

BHG 2412-2413; BiblSS XI 1160-1; Holweck 918; LCI VIII 360-1; ODCC 1275.

Anna the Prophetess. Jewish prophetess who witnessed the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple. 1st cen.

BHG 2412-2413; BiblSS I 1296-1301; Holweck 79; LCI V 168.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 27v. Simeon and Anna. Half-figures. (Hutter, II, p. 16, fig. 50).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 367. Simeon. Chiton and himation. Holding closed scroll. Anna. Woman saint. Arcade. (Menologio, I, p. 100, II, fig. p. 367).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Simeon. Holding open book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 356, fig. 62, pl. 242).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Simeon. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 273, fig. 9).

Adrian and Eubulus of Caesarea.

Martyred at Caesarea in Palestine under Maximin Daia.

Synax.CP, Feb. 3, par. 2 (cols. 440-1).

BiblSS I 273-4; Holweck 19, 333; LCI V 38.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 368. Martyrdom, beheading. Eubulus, wearing loin cloth, is about to be beheaded. The severed head and body of Adrian have fallen to the ground. Small church decorated with shell lunette surmounted by cross. (Menologio, I, p 100, II, fig. p. 368).

SEE ALSO:
Abraham the Persian, February 5
Agatha of Catania, February 5