The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for June 17

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Manuel, Sabel and Ismael of Persia.

Brothers. Ambassadors from the king of Persia. According to legend, martyred under Julian the Apostate at Constantinople.

Synax.CP, June 17, par. 1 (cols. 753-4).

Simeon Metaphrastes, June 17.

BHG 1023-1024e; BiblSS VIII 637-8; Holweck 647; LCI VII 486-7.

Alexandria, Greek Patriarchate, 35, fol. 21r. Martyrs, holding crosses. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 46, fig. 5F5).

Messina, San Salvatore 27, fol. 286v. Wearing Persian dress, holding crosses. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 78, figs. 2E5-2E7).

Moscow, gr. 9, fol. 28v. 1) Trial. Manuel, Sabel and Ismael, wearing Persian dress, stand before Julian the Apostate, crowned, seated. 2) Martyrdom, beheading. 3) Triumph. Initial O formed of a serpent devouring Julian the Apostate. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 67, fig. 2A5).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 44r. Martyrdom, beheading. One martyr is about to be beheaded; the other two are represented as busts. (Hutter, II, p. 26, fig. 82).

Paris, gr. 1528, fol. 21r. Wearing Persian dress. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 139, fig. 4A9).

Paris, gr. 1528, fol. 31v. Martyrdom, beheading. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 139, fig. 4A10).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 313r. Wearing Persian dress. Orant.

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 359, fig. 62, pl. 248).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, north wall, west bay. Manuel, Sabel and Ismael?⁶¹ Martyrdom, beheading. Inscription destroyed. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 261, fig. T IX 2d).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, west wall. Martyrdom, beheading. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall, soffit. Martyrdom, beheading. Wearing Persian dress. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 15, pls. 90, 93; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 82).

⁶¹ Identification proposed by Babić et al., Dečani, no. 261.

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Hypatius of Rufinianai.

Monk. Abbot of the Monastery of Rufinianai near Chalcedon in Bithynia. d. 446.

Synax.CP, June 17, par. 2 (col. 754).

BHG 760; BiblSS VII 860-1; Holweck 498; ODB 963.

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, west wall. June 16. Monk. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301 [June 18], fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106 [June 18}; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6 [not identified]).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall, soffit. June 18. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 15, pl. 91; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 82).

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