The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for July 29

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Callinicus of Gangra.

From Cilicia. Martyred at Gangra in Paphlagonia at an unknown time.

Synax.CP, July 29, par. 1 (cols. 853-4).

Simeon Metaphrastes, July 29.

BHG 286y-287e; BiblSS III 675-6; DHGE XI 414; Holweck 183; LCI VII 265.

Alexandria, Greek Patriarchate, 35, fol. 88v. Martyr, holding cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 46, fig. 5F10).

Berlin, gr. fol. 17, fol. 169v. The miniature has been cut out. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 79).

Moscow, gr. 9, fol. 119r. 1) Miracle, water from a rock. At the left, a guard holds the reins of two horses. Another guard holds a cup. Callinicus, with bare, bleeding feet, raises his hand toward the arc of Heaven. 2) Martyrdom, burning. Praying. Callinicus, nude, stands in a bonfire, hands raised in prayer toward the hand of God above. Two executioners stoke the fire. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 68-69, fig. 2A11).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 49r. Name inscribed, but Callinicus is not represented. (Hutter, II, p. 29, fig. 92).

Paris, gr. 1528, fol. 117r. Soldier. Holding spear and shield. Wall and towers. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 141, fig. 4B7).

Gračanica. Narthex, north aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 303, fig. 30; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. V south wall 6).

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Theodota of Nicaea.

Martyred with her three sons at Nicaea under Diocletian.

SEE ALSO: December 22.

Synax.CP, July 29, par. 2 (col. 854).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 49r. Theodota? Woman saint with two nimbed children. (Hutter, II, p. 29 [unidentified], fig. 92).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west wall. Theodota and sons.⁷⁸ Martyrdom, burning, furnace. Inscription destroyed. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 305, fig. T III 47a; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 50 [not identified]).

Gračanica. Narthex, north aisle, south wall. Woman saint, holding cross. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 30; Živković, Gračanica, fig. V south wall 6).

⁷⁸ Identification by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 305.

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