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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for January 30

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Hippolytus of Rome.
Hippolytus of Porto Romano.

Bishop. Theologian. Said to be martyred with companions, including Chrysa of Ostia and Sabinus of Rome, under Claudius in 269.

Synax.CP, Jan. 30, par. 1 (cols. 431-4); Jan. 29, Synax. selecta (cols. 431-2).

BiblSS VII 868-79; Holweck 487; LCI VI 539-40.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 27r. 1) Hippolytus. Bishop. Half-figure. 2) Chrysa and Sabinus? Martyrdom, drowning. Two bound bodies float in the sea. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 16, fig. 49).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 357. Jan. 29. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. Hippolytus is about to be beheaded. The body and severed head of Chrysa is lying on the ground. The body and severed head of Sabinus has been thrown into the sea. (Menologio, I, p. 97, II, fig. p. 357).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Bishop, holding book.¹⁵ Wearing miter. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 151, fig. T VIII 6a; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, pl. CXVIII.2).

¹⁵ Inscription of name destroyed. Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 151.

Barsimeus of Edessa.
Barsamya of Edessa.

Bishop of Edessa. Converted Sarbelius and Babaea. Martyred under Trajan.

Synax.CP, Jan. 30, par. 2 (col. 434).

BiblSS II 838-9; DHGE VI 944; Fedalto 803; Holweck 134; LCI V 320.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 358. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. Barsimeus is about to be beheaded before an enclosure in which is an altar draped with a cross-inscribed altar cloth under a ciborium. (BiblSS II, fig. cols. 837-8; Menologio, I, pp. 97-8, II, fig. p. 358).

Theophilus the Younger.

Soldier. Martyred in Cyprus by the Arabs, late 8th cen.

Synax.CP, Jan. 30, par. 3 (col. 434).

BiblSS XII 346-7; Holweck 971-2.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 359. Martyrdom, beheading. Church. (Menologio, I, p. 98, II, fig. p. 359).

Zeno of Antioch.

Hermit near Antioch. 4th-5th cen.

SEE ALSO: February 10.

Synax.CP, Jan. 30, Synax. selecta (cols. 433-434).

BHG 1886; BiblSS XII 1472-3; Holweck 1048; LCI VIII 637.

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, west wall. Monk, holding scroll. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 309, fig. 34, pl. 144).

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