The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for January 18

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Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria.

Synax.CP, Jan. 18, par. 1 (cols. 399-400).

Athanasius of Alexandria. Bishop of Alexandria, 328-73.

SEE ALSO: May 2.

Simeon Metaphrastes, Jan. 18.

BHG 183-186b; BiblSS II 522-47; DHGE IV 1313-40; Fedalto 582; Holweck 113; LCI V 268-72; ODB 217-8; ODCC 101-2; ODS 23-4.

Cyril of Alexandria. Bishop of Alexandria, 412-44.

SEE ALSO: June 9.

BHG 2095-2099h; BiblSS III 1308-15; DHGE XIII 1169-77; Fedalto 582; Holweck 265; LCI VI 19-21; ODB 572; ODCC 369-70; ODS 109.

Baltimore, Walters, 521, fol. 129v. Athanasius. Bishop, holding book. Arcade.

Baltimore, Walters, 521, fol. 151r. Cyril. Bishop, holding book. Arcade.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 25v. Athanasius and Cyril. Bishops, holding books. Half-figures. (Hutter, II, p. 15, fig. 46).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 295r. Athanasius and Cyril. Bishops, holding books.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 329. Athanasius and Cyril. Bishops, holding books. Each wears a cap. Arcade. (Menologio, I, p. 89, II, p. 329).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Athanasius and Cyril.¹⁰ Bishops, wearing polystavria, holding books. Fragmentary. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 139, fig. T III 22a; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 50).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Athanasius. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding a book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 272, fig. 13, pl. 55).

¹⁰ Inscriptions destroyed. Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 139.

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Theodula, Evagrius and Macarius of Anazarbus.

Martyred at Anazarbus in Cilicia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Jan. 18, par. 3 (cols. 401-2).

BHG 2440-2442; BiblSS XII 314-5; Holweck 967; LCI VIII 458.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 331. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. Praying. Theodula, orant, is flanked by Evagrius and Macarius, hands raised in prayer. (Menologio, I, pp. 89-90, II, fig. p. 331).

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Eusebia of Mylasa.
Eusebia of Rome; Xene of Mylasa.

Virgin. From Rome. Nun, under the name Xene, at Mylasa in Caria. 5th cen.

SEE ALSO: January 24.

Synax.CP, Jan. 18, Synax. selecta (cols. 400-1).

BHG 633-634m; BiblSS V 245; Holweck 343; LCI VI 190.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 330. Nun. Death. Vision of Cross of Stars. The body of Eusebia is laid out on a bier. Three monks stand at left, one indicating the cross of six stars (damaged) appearing in an arc of Heaven. Two nuns stand at right, one embracing her feet. Church of Stephen at Mylasa within a wall. (Menologio, I, p. 89, II, fig. p. 330).

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