Monks martyred at Mount Sinai and at Raithu by the Arabs under Diocletian.
Synax.CP, Jan. 14, par. 1 (cols. 389-91).
Simeon Metaphrastes, Jan. 14.
BHG 1300-1307g; BiblSS XI 1206-7; Holweck 846, 922; LCI VIII 254, 374.
Baltimore, Walters, 521, fol. 92v. Monks of Raithu. Martyrdom, stabbing with sword. Three men attack a monk. Behind him is a monk with his skull split open. Four Blemmyes, wearing turbans, attack a group of monks, some fallen to the ground, with swords. Church. (Ševčenko, N., "Walters ''Imperial'' Menologion," p. 51, fig. 28).
Mount Sinai, gr. 512, fol. 2v. Monks of Raithu. Martyrdom, beheading; stabbing with spear. Two monks have been beheaded; an executioner attacks a third monk with a spear. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 23, figs. 1B6, 1B8; Weitzmann and Galavaris, Illuminated Greek Manuscripts, I, p. 71, fig. 198; color pl. 15).
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 25r. Monks of Mount Sinai and Raithu. A group of monks have fallen to the ground. Three frontal monks, half-figures. Damaged miniature. (Hutter, II, p. 14, fig. 45).
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 315. Monks of Mount Sinai. Martyrdom, beheading. Two Blemmyes, wearing turbans, are about to behead two monks. Six others, bleeding from their wounds, lie on the ground. (ODB, fig. p. 297; Menologio, I, pp. 85-6, II, fig. p. 315; Ševčenko, N., "Walters ''Imperial'' Menologion," p. 51, fig. 29).
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 316. Monks of Mount Sinai. Martyrdom. Miracle of fire. At left, four Saracens, wearing turbans, throw their swords and shields to the ground and depart. The bodies of fifteen monks, two with dismembered hands and feet, lie on the ground. At right, the Monastery of Mount Sinai, filled with a miraculous fire which caused the Saracens to flee. (Menologio, I, p. 86, II, fig. p. 316).
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 317. Monks of Raithu. Martyrdom, stabbing with sword. Five Blemmyes, wearing turbans, attack a group of monks, some fallen to the ground, with swords. Church with cross on gable. (Menologio, I, p. 86, II, fig. p. 317).
Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 585, fol. 60v. Monks of Mount Sinai and Raithu. Martyrdom, beheading. An executioner holding spear and shield stands at left. Another executioner raises his sword to decapitate a blindfolded monk. The bodies and severed heads of two other monks have fallen to the ground. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 45, fig. 1E5).
Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, soffit. Monks of Mount Sinai and Raithu. Martyrdom, beheading. A group of monks are being beheaded before a church with a dome surmounted by a cross. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 135, fig. T III 20; Mijović, Menolog, p. 332, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 14, pl. CVIII).
Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Monks of Mount Sinai and Raithu. Group of monks, wearing black caps. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 271, fig. 13, pls. 51, 54).
Monk. Abbot of the Chenolacus monastery near Constantinople. 8th cen.
Synax.CP, Jan. 14, par. 2 (cols. 392-4).
BiblSS XI 1398; Holweck 932; LCI VIII 403.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 319. Monk. Praying. Stephen raises his hands in prayer. At right, walled Monastery of Chenolacus with domed centralized church. (Menologio, I, p. 87, II, fig. p. 319).
Monk.
Synax.CP, Jan. 14, Synax. selecta (cols. 389-90).
BiblSS II 521; DHGE IV 1308; LCI V 267.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 320. Monk. Orant. Stands before arcade. The name of the saint is given, but no text accompanies the miniature. (Menologio, I, p. 87, II, fig. p. 320).
Monk at Mount Sinai with his father Nilus. 5th cen.
SEE ALSO: November 12.
Synax.CP, Jan. 14, Synax. selecta (cols. 391-4).
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 318. Monk, holding closed scroll. Standing under arch. Buildings. (Menologio, I, p. 86, II, fig. p. 318).