The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for March 31

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Abdas and Benjamin of Persia.

Abdas (Abdias), bishop of Ergol, and his deacon Benjamin, martyred under Yazdgard I.

SEE ALSO: September 5.

Synax.CP, March 31, par. 3 (cols. 574-6).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 33v. Abdas, a bishop, holding a book, and Benjamin, a deacon, holding a pyxis. Three-quarter figures. (Hutter, II, p. 19 [unidentified], fig. 61).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Abdas and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 200, fig. T VIII 31b; Mijović, Menolog, p. 336, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 16).

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Menander, Martyr.

Synax.CP, March 31, par. 5 (col. 576).

Holweck 703.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 304v.

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, north wall. Torture, dragging. Menander, nude, is being dragged by a rope tied around his ankles. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 312, fig. 36, pl. 155).

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Hypatius of Gangra.

Bishop of Gangra in Paphlagonia. Martyred by the Novations in 326.

SEE ALSO: November 14, March 5.

Synax.CP, March 31, Synaxaria selecta (cols. 575-6).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 33v. Bishop, holding book. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 19, fig. 61).

SEE ALSO: Acacius of Melitine, March 27

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