The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for January 8

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Julian and Basilissa of Antinoe.

Synax.CP, Jan. 8, par. 1 (cols. 375-7).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 293v. Julian. Wearing chiton and himation. Holding scroll. Beardless. Basilissa. Woman saint, holding cross.

Domnica of Constantinople.

Virgin. Recluse at Constantinople. Miracle worker. 5th cen.

Synax.CP, Jan. 8, par. 2 (col. 377); Jan. 10, Synax. selecta (cols. 383-4).

BHG 562-562f; BiblSS IV 762; Holweck 288; LCI VI 82.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 24r. Woman saint. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 14, fig. 43).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 308. Jan. 10. Nun. Praying. Domnica raises her hands in prayer toward the Hand of God emerging from a starry arc of Heaven. At right, the walled Monastery of the Prophet Zacharias, with a basilican church. (Menologio, I, p. 84, II, fig. p. 308).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Nun, holding cross.⁴ Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 133, fig. T VIII 20b; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 43).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Domnica?⁵ Nun. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 13, pl. 53).

⁴ Identification suggested by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 132.
⁵ Not identified by Mijović, Menolog.

Theophilus and Helladius of Libya.

Theophilus, a deacon, martyred with Helladius in Libya at an unknown time.

Synax.CP, Jan. 8, par. 3 (col. 377).

BiblSS XII 347-8; Holweck 971; LCI VIII 462.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 301. Torture, burning with torches. Theophilus and Helladius, wearing loin cloths, are bound to two posts. They are shown in profile, facing one another. Two torturers apply blazing torches to their backs. (Menologio, I, p. 82, II, fig. p. 301).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, stoning. Theophilus, a deacon, and Helladius kneel, hands raised in prayer, as they are beaten with stones. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 271, fig. 13, pls. 49, 51).

Zoticus the Guardian.
Zoticus of Constantinople.

Priest. Founder of an orphanage at Constantinople. Martyred under Constantius.

SEE ALSO: December 31.

Synax.CP, Jan. 8, Synax. selecta (cols. 375-6).

Baltimore, Walters, 521, fol. 50v. Martyrdom, dragging with horses. Miracle of spring. Zoticus, prone, is dragged along the ground by ropes tied around his ankles by two horses. An executioner beats the horses with a club. A spring emerges from the ground beneath a tree. (Ševčenko, N., "Walters ''Imperial'' Menologion," pp. 48-9, fig. 16).