The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for February 8

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Zechariah.

Prophet.

Synax.CP, Feb. 8, par. 1 (cols. 449-51).

BHG 1880.I-1880c; BiblSS XII 1448-51; Holweck 1046; LCI IV 558-9; ODCC 1510-11.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 382. Prophet, holding open scroll inscribed with pseudo-inscription. Arcade. (Menologio, I, p. 104, II, fig. p. 382).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Prophet, holding sickle. Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 160, fig. T VIII 21; Mijović, Menolog, p. 333, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 15, pl. CXIX.2).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall, pier. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 275, fig. 12).

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Theodore Stratelates.
Theodore the General.

Soldier. Martyred under Licinius.

SEE ALSO: June 8.

Synax.CP, Feb. 8, par. 2 (cols. 451-3); Feb. 7, Synax. selecta (cols. 449-50).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Feb. 7.

BHG 1750-1753m; BiblSS XII 238-42; Holweck 959; LCI VIII 444-6; ODB 2047.

Messina, San Salvatore 27, fol. 28r. Soldier, holding spear and shield. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 75, figs. 2B11-2B12).

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 25. Soldier, holding spear and shield. Wearing sword. Building. Name inscribed. (Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," fig. 11; Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 7, fig. 7).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 298r. Feb. 7. Martyr, holding cross.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 383. Soldier, holding spear and shield. Wearing sword. Building. (Menologio, I, p. 104, II, fig. p. 383; Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," fig. 12).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 356, fig. 62).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Feb. 7. Soldier, holding bannered spear, bow and shield. A sword hangs at his side. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 159, fig. T VIII VIII 22; Mijović, Menolog, p. 333, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. , pl. CXIX.2).

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Philadelphus, Martyr.

Martyred at an unknown time and place.

Synax.CP, Feb. 8, par. 3 (col. 453).

BiblSS V 680; Holweck 808; LCI VIII 196.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 386. Martyr. Orant. Beardless. Arcade. The name is given, but no text accompanies the miniature. (Menologio, I, p. 105, II, fig. p. 386).

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Theodosius of Cilicia.
Theodosius the Hairy; Theodosius of Antioch.

Hermit. Founder of a monastery on Mount Scopelus in Cilicia. d. mid 5th cen.

Synax.CP, Feb. 8, Synax. selecta (cols. 452-3).

BHG 1779; BiblSS XII 295-7; Holweck 965; LCI VIII 454-5.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 384. Monk, holding cross. Arcade, behind which is visible a small church? and a tempietto. Trees. (Menologio, I, pp. 104-5, II, fig. p. 384).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall, pier. Feb. 9. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 275, fig. 12).

SEE ALSO: Martha, Mary and Lycarion, Martyrs, February 9

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