The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for February 6

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Bucolus of Smyrna.

Said to be the first bishop of Smyrna. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Feb. 6, par. 1 (col. 445).

BiblSS III 586; Fedalto 134; Holweck 174; LCI V 452.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 378. Bishop, holding book. Bucolus stands under a pointed arch, flanked by two towers on which are statues of male nudes holding the ends of the drapery which festoons the building. (Menologio, I, p. 103, II, fig. p. 378).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Monk, holding scroll. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 356, fig. 62, pl. 244).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Bucolus?¹⁹ Bishop, holding scroll. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 158, fig. T VIII 18b; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 43).

¹⁹ Identification proposed by Babić et al. Mijović, Menolog, p. 333, and Petković, Dečani, p. 15, identify the figure as Blasius of Sebaste, Feb. 11.

Julian, Silvanus, Luke and Mocius of Emesa.

Martyred at Emesa in Phoenicia II under Numerian.

Synax.CP, Feb. 6, par. 2 (cols. 446-7).

Julian of Emesa. Physician.

BHG 2210-2211; BiblSS VI 1195-7; Holweck 571; LCI VII 233.

Silvanus, Luke and Mocius of Emesa. Silvanus, bishop of Emesa, Luke, deacon, and Mocius, lector. Silvanus baptized Julian of Emesa.

BHG 2210-2211; BiblSS XI 1060-2; Fedalto 736; Holweck 912; LCI VIII 352.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 374. Julian. Torture, nails. Julian is seated on the ground, his hands and feet nailed to a vertical plank. A torturer drives a nail into his head with a hammer. (Menologio, I, p. 102, II, fig. p. 374).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 376. Silvanus, Luke and Mocius. Martyrdom, wild beasts. Silvanus, a bishop, Luke and Mocius have fallen to the ground, bleeding from wounds inflicted by a lion and lioness. Semicircular arena decorated with shell lunette above an aedicula. (Menologio, I, p. 102, II, fig. p. 376).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, soffit. Julian. Torture, burning. Half-figure, in flames. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 275, fig. 15).

Fausta, Evilasius and Maximus of Cyzicus.

Fausta, virgin, a girl of thirteen, martyred with Evilasius and Maximus at Cyzicus in Hellespontus under Maximian.

Synax.CP, Feb. 6, par. 3 (cols. 447-8).

BHG 658-658b; BiblSS V 478-9; Holweck 363; LCI VI 217.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 375. Martyrdom, boiling in molten lead. The three martyrs, wearing loin cloths, lie in a large cauldron surrounded by flames. (Menologio, I, p. 102, II, fig. p. 375).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall, pier. Fausta, Evilasia instead of Evilasius, and Maximiana instead of Maximus. Martyrdom, burning in brazen bull. Gender confusion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 275, fig. 9, pl. 69).

Faustus, Bishop.

Bishop. Unknown time and place.

Synax.CP, Feb. 6, par. 4 (col. 448).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 377. Bishop, holding book. Arcade. The name is given, but no text accompanies the miniature. (Menologio, I, pp. 102-3, II, fig. p. 377).