The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for July 5

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Astius of Dyrrachium.
Asteius of Dyrrachium.

Bishop of Dyrrachium in Epirus Nova, ca. 100. Martyred under Trajan.

Synax.CP, July 5, par. 1 (cols. 797-799); July 6, Synax. selecta (cols. 801-804.

BiblSS II 512; DHGE IV 1156; Fedalto 528; Holweck 112; LCI V 266.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. July 6. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 281, fig. 7; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 79).

Agnes of Rome.

Virgin. Martyred in Rome. 3rd-4th cen.

Synax.CP, July 5, par. 2 (cols. 799-800).

BHG 45-6; BiblSS I 382-411; DHGE I 971-2; Holweck 33; LCI V 58-63; ODCC 25; ODS 5-6.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 46r. Agnes? Woman saint, standing behind a low wall. (Hutter, II, p. 27 [unidentified], fig. 86).

Lampadus of Irenopolis.
Lampadus of Mount Athos.

Monk. Confessor. 10th cen.

Synax.CP, July 5, par. 3 (col. 800).

Holweck 589; LCI VII 369.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 46r. Monk. Lampadus stands behind a low wall. (Hutter, II, p. 27, fig. 86).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, north wall, west bay. Lampadus?⁶⁷ Monk, holding scroll. Inscription destroyed. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 279, fig. T IX 3a; Mijović, Menolog, p. 340, fig. 44; Petković, Dečani, p. 19).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, north wall. Monk, holding scroll. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 303, fig. 25; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Monk, holding scroll. Half=figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 281, fig. 7, pl. 106; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 79).

⁶⁷ Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 279. Mijović, p. 340, and Petković, p. 19, propose Athanasius the Athonite.

Martha, Mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger.

d. 551.

Synax. CP, July 5, Synax. selecta (cols. 797-800).

BHG 1174; BiblSS VIII 1202; Holweck 665; LCI VII 568.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Nun, holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 281, fig. 7, pl. 106; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 79 [not identified]).

SEE ALSO:
Cyprilla of Cyrene, July 4
Phocas of Sinope, July 6
Theodore of Cyrene, July 4

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes