The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for January 16

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Chains of Peter the Apostle.

Synax.CP, Jan. 16, par. 1 (col. 395).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Jan. 16.

Baltimore, Walters, 521, fol. 105r. Veneration of Chains. In the church of St. Peter, the patriarch of Constantinople, nimbed, wearing bishop''s vestments, bows beside a table draped with a cloth. To the right, within an enclosure, an altar draped with an altar cloth (surface damaged) under a ciborium, and semicircular synthronon. (Ševčenko, N., "Walters ''Imperial'' Menologion," p. 52, fig. 32).

Mount Sinai, gr. 512, fol. 2v. Peter the Apostle freed from prison. An angel appears to Peter as he is sleeping in prison. Two guards, one reclining and one seated, have fallen asleep. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 23, figs. 1B6, 1B9; Weitzmann and Galavaris, Illuminated Greek Manuscripts, I, pp. 71-2, fig. 198; color pl. 15).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 25r. Reliquary casket. The inscription refers to the chains of St. Peter. (Hutter, II, p. 14, fig. 45).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 294r. Apostle. Peter the Apostle in prison. Veneration of Chains. Two worshippers kneel in proskynesis before Peter, bound with chains, in prison.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 324. Veneration of Chains. In the church of St. Peter, the patriarch of Constantinople, nimbed, wearing bishop''s vestments, bows before the chains, placed on a table draped with a cloth. To the right, within an enclosure, an altar draped with a cross-inscribed altar cloth under a ciborium, and semicircular synthronon. (Menologio, I, p. 88, II, fig. p. 324; Ševčenko, N., "Walters ''Imperial'' Menologion," p. 52, fig. 33).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 585, fol. 102v. Peter. Apostle, holding cross-staff. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 45, fig. 1E7).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, soffit. Jan. 15. Peter the Apostle freed from prison. An angel, wearing loros, leads Peter from the prison. Half-figures. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 136, fig. T VI 3; Mijović, Menolog, p. 332, fig. 51, pl. 211; Petković, Dečani, p. 14, pl. CVIII).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Peter the Apostle freed from prison. Within a building, a kneeling angel touches the shoulders of the sleeping apostle, who is bound with chains. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 272, fig. 13, pl. 55; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 111.2).

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Speusippus, Eleusippus and Meleusippus of Cappadocia.

Three brothers, martyred with their grandmother Neonilla, the notary Turbon, Jonilla, and other companions in Cappadocia under Marcus Aurelius.

Synax.CP, Jan. 16, par. 2 (cols. 396-7); Jan. 17, Synax. selecta, cold. 397-400).

BHG 1646-1646g; BiblSS XI 1349-50; Holweck 930; LCI VIII 387.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 295r. Speusippus, Eleusippus and Meleusippus. Persian dress. Orant.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 328. Jan. 17. 1) Speusippus, Eleusippus and Meleusippus. Martyrdom, burning. Praying. 2) Turbon, Neonilla and Jonilla. Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, p. 89, II, fig. p. 328).

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Danax of Aulona.

Lector. Martyred at Aulona in Epirus when he tried to conceal liturgical vessels. Unknown time.

Synax.CP, Jan. 16, par. 3 (cols. 397-8).

BiblSS IV 448; Holweck 261; LCI VI 29.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 326. Martyrdom, beheading. Danax, holding two-handled chalice and paten, is about to be beheaded. He stands beside a river. At right, a stream flows from a rectangular well-head. Behind, a small church with cross on gable. (Menologio, I, p. 88, II, fig. p. 326).

SEE ALSO: John Calybites, January 15

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