The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for January 4

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Theopemptus and Theonas of Nicomedia.

Theopemptus, bishop of Nicomedia, martyred with the magician Theonas at Nicomedia under Diocletian.

Theopemptus, SEE ALSO: February 7.

Synax.CP, Jan. 4, par. 5 (cols. 368-9); Jan. 5, Synax. selecta (cols. 373-4).

BHG 2443-2444; BiblSS XII 359-60; Holweck 969-70; LCI VIII 460.

Baltimore, Walters, 521, fol. 25r. 1) Theopemptus. Martyrdom, beheading. Theopemptus wears loin cloth. 2) Theonas. Martyrdom, buried alive. Theonas crouches at the bottom of a pit. Two executioners with shovels stand behind him. (Ševčenko, N., "Walters ''Imperial'' Menologion," p. 46, fig. 6).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 23v. Jan. 5. Martyrs, holding crosses. Half-figures. (Hutter, II, p. 14, fig. 42).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 295. 1) Theopemptus. Martyrdom, beheading. Theopemptus wears loin cloth. 2) Theonas. Martyrdom, buried alive. Theonas crouches at the bottom of a pit while two executioners with shovels cover him with earth. (Menologio, I, p. 80, II, fig. p. 295; Ševčenko, N., "Walters ''Imperial'' Menologion," p. 46, fig. 7).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Theopemptus.³ Martyrdom, beating with club. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 271, fig. 13, pl. 47).

³ Mijović, p. 271, identifies this figure as Sameas or Sais the Elamite, but the inscription gives his name as Theopemptus; see Mijović, pl. 47.

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Zosimus and Athanasius of Cilicia.

Zosimus, a hermit, and his convert, Athanasius, a superintendant of prisoners who also became a hermit in Anazarbus in Cilicia, ca.304. Confessors.

Synax.CP, Jan. 4, par. 6 (cols. 369-70).

BHG 2476-7; BiblSS XII 1497-8; Holweck 1051; LCI VIII 644.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 287r. Martyrs, holding crosses.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 296. 1) Zosimus. Torture, Suspension. Miracle of lion who confessed Christ. Zosimus, wearing loin cloth, is suspended upside-down by a rope tied around his ankles. At left, the lion who confessed Christ with a human voice. 2) Zosimus converting Athanasius. Journey to desert. Zosimus, monk, and Athanasius depart for the desert. In foreground, a basilican church beside which is a wellhead and basin. (Menologio, I, p. 81, II, fig. p. 296).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Two standing figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 271, fig. 13).

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Syncletica of Alexandria.

Virgin. Ascetic. Nun. 4th cen.

Synax.CP, Jan. 4, par. 7 (col. 370).

BHG 1694-1694a; BiblSS XI 1209-10; Holweck 942; LCI VIII 417.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 297. Woman saint. Orant. Building with arcade. (Menologio, I, p. 81, II, fig. p. 297).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Nun, holding cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 271, fig. 13).

SEE ALSO:
Gordius of Caesarea, January 3
Malachi, January 3
Paul of Thebes, January 5
Theagenes of Paros, January 3

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