Brothers. Martyred in Persia under Shapur II.
Synax.CP, March 29, par. 1 (cols. 567-70); March 28, Synax. selecta (cols. 565-6).
BHG 942-943; BiblSS VI 503-4; Holweck 559.
Moscow, gr. 183, p. 247. March 28. 1) Jonas. Martyrdom, sawing. Jonas is held in a vice, while an executioner saws his head. 2) Barachisius. Martyrdom, hot pitch. Barachius kneels, held by an executioner, while another executioner pours hot pitch into his mouth. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 9, fig. 54).
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 33v. Jonas and Barachisius. Three-quarter figures. (Hutter, II, p. 19, fig. 61).
Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Barachisius. Martyrdom, hot pitch. Two executioners are pouring hot pitch into a funnel held in Barachisius' mouth. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 198, fig. T VIII 30c; Mijović, Menolog, p. 336, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 16, pl. CXXIV.1).
Martyred in Illyria under Hadrian.
Synax.CP, March 29, par. 3 (cols. 570-2); March 27, Synax. selecta (cols. 563-6).
BHG 2371; BiblSS V 702; Holweck 810.
Moscow, gr. 183, p. 244. March 27. Martyrdom, boiling. Philetus, Lydia, their children, and other co-martyrs stand in a cauldron on a bonfire stoked by two executioners. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 9, fig. 53).
Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, south wall. March 27. Martyrs, holding crosses. Half-figures. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).
Bishop of Cius in Bithynia I. Confessor during Iconoclasm. 8th cen.
Synax.CP, March 29, par. 4 (col. 572).
BiblSS V 298; Fedalto 104; Holweck 348.
Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, north wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 36, pl. 153).
SEE ALSO:
Acacius of Melitine, March 27
Mark of Arethusa and Cyril the Deacon, March 28