The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for January 22

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Timothy of Ephesus.

First bishop of Ephesus in Asia. Disciple of Paul the Apostle. Martyr. One of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Jan. 22, par. 1 (cols. 411-2).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Jan. 22.

BHG 1847-1848n; BiblSS XII 482-8; Fedalto 113; Holweck 983-4; LCI VIII 494-5; ODCC 1378; ODS 414.

Baltimore, Walters, 521, fol. 203v. 1) Bishop. Martyrdom, beating with club. 2) Translation of Relics. Procession. A priest swinging a censer precedes two men bearing the reliquary casket on their shoulders. Behind, inside a wall, the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople with three cross-surmounted domes.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 26r. Timothy? Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 15 [unidentified], fig. 47).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 295r. Apostle, holding closed scroll.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 341. 1) Bishop. Martyrdom, beating with clubs. 2) Translation of Relics. Procession. A priest carrying a lighted candle and a censer precedes two men bearing the reliquary casket, decorated with a blind arcade, on their shoulders. Behind, inside a wall, the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople with three cross-surmounted domes. (Menologio, I, p. 92, II, fig. p. 341).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Apostle. Martyrdom, beating with clubs. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 143, fig. T I 12; Mijović, Menolog, p. 332, fig. 47; Petković, Dečani, p. 14, pl. LXXVI).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Apostle, holding scroll. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 273, fig. 12, pl. 62).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, south wall. Martyrdom, beating with clubs. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 307, fig. 33, pls. 139, 143).

Anastasius of Persia.
Anastasius Magundat.

Monk. Martyred in Persia in 628.

Synax.CP, Jan. 22, par. 2 (cols. 413-4).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Jan. 22.

BHG 84-90; BiblSS I 1054, 1056; DHGE II 1481-2; Holweck 66; LCI V 135-6; ODS 18.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 26r. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 15, fig. 47).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 295r. Martyr, holding cross.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 343. Monk. Torture, dragging. Martyrdom, beheading. One executioner drags Anastasius forward by a rope around his neck, while another executioner raises a sword to decapitate him. (Menologio, I, p. 93, II, fig. p. 343).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 344. Translation of Relics. Procession. A priest, carrying a lighted candle and swinging a censer, and three other clerics precede two clerics carrying the reliquary casket on their shoulders. At right, a basilican church, cross on gable. (Menologio, I, p. 93, II, fig. p. 344).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Martyr, holding cross. Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 143, fig. T I 12; Mijović, Menolog, p. 332, fig. 47; Petković, Dečani, p. 14, pl. LXXVI).

Vincent of Saragossa.

Deacon of Saragossa. Martyred in Valencia under Diocletian.

SEE ALSO: November 11.

Synax.CP, Jan. 22, par. 3 (col. 414).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 342. Deacon, holding cross. Tonsured. Stands under a pointed arch with two hanging lamps. Above columns, lighted candles in candlesticks. (Menologio, I, p. 92, II, fig. p. 342).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Martyr, holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 273, fig. 12, pl. 43).

Martyrs of Bulgaria.

Synax.CP, Jan. 22, par. 4 (cols. 414-6).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 26r. Martyrdom, beheading. Ten decapitated bodies lie on the ground. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 15 [unidentified], fig. 47).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 345. Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, p. 93, II, fig. p. 345).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 273, fig. 12, pl. 43).