Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for March 1


Eudocia of Heliopolis.
Eudocia the Samaritan; Eudocia the Elder.

Penitent. Martyred at Heliopolis in Phoenicia under Trajan.

Synax.CP, March 1, par. 2 (cols. 498-9).

BHG 604-605e; BiblSS V 145-7; DHGE XV 1336; Holweck 334; LCI VI 174.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 136. Martyrdom, beheading. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 8, fig. 28).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 30r. Martyrdom, beheading. Very damaged miniature. (Hutter, II, p. 17, fig. 54).

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, dome, drum. Nun, holding cross. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 294, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 4).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, vault. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277, fig. 14).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, dome. Martyrdom, beheading. The scene is almost entirely destroyed. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 309, fig. 35, pl. 145).


Domnina of Syria.
Domnina of Cyrus; Domnina the Younger.

Virgin. Ascetic at Cyrus near Antioch in Syria. 5th cen.

Synax.CP, March 1, par. 3 (col. 499); Feb. 28, Synax. selecta (cols. 495-6).

BHG 563; BiblSS IV 763; Holweck 289; LCI VI 83.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 430. Feb. 28. Woman saint. Orant. Domnina stands under an arch. (Menologio, I, p. 116, II, fig. p. 430).

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, dome, drum. Woman saint, holding cross. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 294, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 4).


Nestor and Tribimius, Martyrs.

Nestor, a bishop, and Tribimius, a deacon, martyred near Perge in Pamphylia under Decius.

Synax.CP., March 1, par. 4 (col. 500); March 2, Synax. selecta (cols. 501-2).

Holweck 734.

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, dome, drum. Martyrs, holding crosses. Half-figures. Greek inscriptions. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 294 (Nestor), figs. 27-28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 4).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, dome. March 2. Martyrdom, beheading. The scene is partly preserved. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 309, fig. 35, pl. 145).