The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for January 3

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Gordius of Caesarea.

Soldier. Martyred at Caesarea in Cappadocia under Licinius.

Synax.CP, Jan. 3, par. 1 (col. 367); Jan. 4, Synax. selecta (cols. 367-370).

BHG 703-703g; BiblSS VII 121; Holweck 442; LCI VI 418-9.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 23v. Jan. 4. Gordius. Martyr, holding cross? Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, pp. 13-14, fig. 42).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 292. Martyrdom, beheading. Small church. (Menologio, I, pp. 79-80, II, fig. p. 292).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 271, fig. 13, pl. 48).

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Malachi.

Prophet.

Synax.CP, Jan. 3, par. 2 (cols. 367-8).

BHG 1013z-1014e; BiblSS VIII 570-6; Holweck 642; LCI III 145, VII 481; ODCC 861.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 23v. Prophet. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 13, fig. 42).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 286v. Prophet, holding closed scroll.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 293. Prophet, holding open scroll inscribed with pseudo-inscription. Arcaded building. (Menologio, I, p. 80, II, fig. p. 293).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Jan. 4.¹ Prophet. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 270, fig. 13, pl. 52).

¹ Mijović gives the feast day as Jan. 3, but in the photograph (pl. 52) the day is inscribed as Jan. 5.

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Theagenes of Parium.

Said to be bishop of Parium in Hellespontus. Martyred under Licinius.

Synax.CP, Jan. 3, par. 3 (col. 368); Jan. 4, Synax. selecta (cols. 367-70).

BHG 2416; BiblSS III 1340; Holweck 953; LCI VIII 429.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 23v. Martyrdom, drowning. Theagenes, wearing loin cloth, bound, swims in the sea. (Hutter, II, p. 13, fig. 42).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 294. Jan. 4. 1) Martyrdom, drowning. Theagenes, wearing loin cloth, is cast head-first into the sea. 2) Burial. Bishop. Three disciples place Theagenes'' body into a sarcophagus decorated with blind arches. A jewelled book has been placed on his chest. At the head of the sarcophagus a priest swings a censer. In background, the Martyrium of Theagenes. (Menologio, I, p. 80, II, fig. p. 294).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Jan. 4?² Martyrdom, drowning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 270, fig. 13).

² Mijović gives the feast day as Jan. 2, but the placement of the scene suggests Jan. 4.

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