The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for March 3

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Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus of Pontus.

Soldiers. Martyred with Theodore Tyro in Helenopontus under Maximian.

Basiliscus, SEE ALSO: May 22.

Synax.CP, March 3, par. 1 (cols. 503-6).

BHG 241-241a, 656-656e; BiblSS IV 54-6; DHGE VI 1237; XVI 78; Holweck 352; LCI VI 204-5.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 149. 1) Eutropius and Cleonicus. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Eutropius and Cleonicus, wearing loin cloths, hang on crosses. Blood flows from their wounds. 2) Basiliscus. In prison. Basiliscus, holding his right hand to his face, is seated on a bench within prison walls. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 8, fig. 30).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 30r. Martyrs. Half-figures. Very damaged miniature. (Hutter, II, p. 17, fig. 54).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. 1) Eutropius and Cleonicus. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Eutropius and Cleonicus, wearing loin cloths, hang on crosses. 2) Basiliscus. Martyrdom, beheading. The executioner grasps a lock of Basiliscus' hair as he prepares to behead him. Building. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 178, fig. T I 17; Mijović, Menolog, p. 333, fig. 47; Petković, Dečani, p. 15, pl. LXXIX).

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, dome, drum. 1) Eutropius and Cleonicus. Martyrs, holding crosses. Half-figures. Greek inscription (Eutropius). 2) Basiliscus.²⁶ Martyr, holding cross. Half-figure in medallion. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 294, fig. 26; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 4-5).

SEE ALSO: Theodoretus of Antioch, March 2

²⁶ Inscription transcribed by Živković, Gračanica. The medallion is located on the spandrel below the half-figure of Eutropius.

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