The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for March 11

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Sophronius of Jerusalem.

Patriarch of Jerusalem, 634-638.

Synax.CP, March 11, par. 1 (cols. 527-8).

BHG 1641-1641b; BiblSS XI 1283-5; Fedalto 1001; Holweck 928; LCI VIII 385; ODB 1928-9; ODCC 1291.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 31r. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 18, fig. 56).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 186, fig. T VIII 13; Mijović, Menolog, p. 334, fig. 43, pl. 214; Petković, Dečani, p. 16, pl. CXXII.1).

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, south wall. March 10. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, dome. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 311, fig. 35, pls. 145, 147).

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Cyril of Jerusalem.

Bishop of Jerusalem, 348-386 (with interruptions).

SEE ALSO: March 18.

Synax.CP, March 11, par. 2 (cols. 528-9).

BiblSS III 1318-20; Fedalto 1000; Holweck 255; LCI VI 22; ODB 571-2.

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, south wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).

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Pionius of Smyrna.

Priest. Martyred at Smyrna in Asia under Decius.

Synax.CP, March 11, par. 3 (cols. 529-30); March 15, Synax. selecta (cols. 537-8).

BHG 1546-1547; BiblSS X 919-21; Holweck 818; ODCC 1092.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 202. March 15. Priest. Torture, crucifixion. Martyrdom, burning. Pionius hangs from a cross above a bonfire stoked by two executioners. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 8, fig. 41).

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, south wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion. Martyrdom, burning. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).

SEE ALSO: Sabinus of Hermopolis, March 12

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