The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for March 16

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Papas of Lycaonia.

Martyred under Maximian.

SEE ALSO: September 14.

Synax.CP, March 16, par. 1 (cols. 539-40).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 31v. Torture, suspension. Papas is bound to a cross. (Hutter, II, p. 18, fig. 57).

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Alexander I of Rome.

Pope, ca. 109-ca. 116. Said to be martyred at Rome under Trajan.

Synax.CP, March 16, par. 4 (col. 544).

BHG 2168; BiblSS I 792-801; Holweck 46; LCI V 82-3; ODP 8-9.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 31v. Bishop, holding book. (Hutter, II, p. 18 [unidentified], fig. 57).

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, west wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).

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Trophimus and Thalus of Laodicea.

Brothers. Martyred at Laodicea in Phrygia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, March 16, par. 5 (col. 544).

BHG 2466; BiblSS XII 674-5; Holweck 989.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 229. March 21. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Trophimus and Thalus, wearing loin cloths, hang from two joined crosses. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 9, fig. 47).

SEE ALSO:
Aristobulus of Rome, March 15
Menignus of Parium, March 15
Pionius of Smyrna, March 11
Sabinus of Hermopolis, March 12

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