The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for March 27

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Matrona of Thessalonica.

Virgin. Servant of a Jewish woman who beat her to death because she was a Christian, ca. 304.

Synax.CP, March 27, par. 1 (col. 563).

BiblSS IX 105-6; Holweck 683; LCI VII 587.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 33r. Woman saint, holding cross. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 19, fig. 60).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Only the inscription of Matrona's name is preserved. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 195, fig. T VIII 29b; Mijović, Menolog, p. 334, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 16, pl. CXXIII.1).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, west wall. Matrona is seen within the walls of a building. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 311, fig. 34, pl. 154).

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Paul of Corinth.

Bishop of Corinth. Brother of Peter of Argos. Early 10th cen.

Synax.CP, March 27, par. 3 (col. 564).

BiblSS X 231-2; Fedalto 484; Holweck 780.

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, west wall. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 297, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).

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Hilarion of Pelecetes.

Monk. Abbot of the monastery of Pelecetes. Confessor during Iconoclasm. D. 754.

Synax.CP, March 27, par. 4 (col. 564); March 28, Synax. selecta (cols. 565-8).

BiblSS VII 736-7; Holweck 482; LCI VI 532.

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, west wall. Monk, holding scroll. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 297, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, north wall. March 28. Monk, holding scroll. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 311, fig. 36, pl. 153).

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Acacius of Melitene.
Achatius of Melitene.

Bishop of Melitene in Armenia. Confessor under Decius.

SEE ALSO: September 15.

Synax.CP, March 27, par. 7 (cols. 564-6); March 29, Synax. selecta (cols. 567-8); March 31, Synax. selecta (cols. 575-6).

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 266. March 31. Bishop, holding book. Arcade. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 9, fig. 57).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. March 29. Martyr. Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 197, fig. T VIII 39b; Mijović, Menolog, p. 336, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 16, CXXIV.1).

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Stephen the Younger.

Monk. Abbot of the Monastery of Mount Auxentius. Martyred with companions in Constantinople. d. 765.

SEE ALSO: November 28.

Not in Synax.CP for March 27.

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Stephen the Younger?²⁹ Monk. Holding icon with bust of Christ. Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 195, fig. T VIII 29b; Mijović, Menolog, p. 334, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 16, pl. CXXIII.1).

SEE ALSO:
Manuel and Theodosius, Martyrs, March 26
Philetus, Lydia, Macedon and Theoprepius of Illyria, March 29

²⁹ Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 195. The inscribed name is not preserved.

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