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Ignatius of Antioch. Translation of Relics.
Ignatius Theophorus.

Bishop of Antioch. ca. 35-ca. 107.

SEE ALSO: December 20.

Synax.CP, Jan. 29, par. 1 (cols. 429-30).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 26v. Translation of relics. Two men carry the reliquary casket on their shoulders. (Hutter, II, p. 16, fig. 48).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 295v. Ignatius. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 355. Translation of relics. A procession consisting of a priest holding a book and censer, clerics holding lighted candles and two clerics carrying the reliquary casket on their shoulders proceeds toward the city of Antioch. The gates are partly open. Inside, a basilican church. (Menologio, I, pp. 96-7, II, fig. p. 355).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Ignatius. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 150, fig. T VIII 5; Mijović, Menolog, p. 333, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 14, pl. CXVIII.2).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, west wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 309, fig. 34, pl. 142).

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Sarbelius and Babaea of Edessa.

Brother and sister martyred in Edessa under Trajan. Sarbelius is probably identical with Thuthael, martyred with Babaea of Edessa, Sept. 5.

SEE ALSO: September 5, October 15.

Synax.CP, Jan. 29, par. 4 (col. 432).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 356. 1) Sarbelius. Martyrdom, sawing. Sarbelius, held in a vice made of two posts, is sawed in two by two executioners. 2) Babaea. Martyrdom, beheading. The body and severed head of Babaea lies on the ground. (Menologio, I, p. 97, II, fig. p. 356).

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