Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for March 2


Andronicus and Athanasia of Egypt.

Husband and wife. After raising their children, Andronicus became a monk and Athanasia a disguised monk in Egypt. Late 4th cen.

Synax.CP, March 2, par. 4 (col. 501).

BHG 120-123i; BiblSS I 1178-9; Holweck 74-5; LCI V 159-60.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 142. Andronicus. Monk. Hands raised. Athanasia. Nun. Hands raised. Colonnaded building. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 8, fig. 29).


Theodotus of Cyrenia.

Bishop of Cyrenia in Cyprus. Confessor under Licinius.

SEE ALSO: January 19.

Synax.CP, March 2, par. 6 (col. 502).

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

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, dome, drum. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 294, fig. 29; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 4).


Theodoretus of Antioch.

Priest in Antioch. Martyred under Julian the Apostate.

SEE ALSO: October 8.

Synax.CP, March 2, par. 7 (col. 502); March 3, Synax. selecta (cols. 503-6).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, dome. March 3. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 309, fig. 35, pls. 145-6).

SEE ALSO: Nestor and Tribimius, Martyrs, March 1