The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for March 4

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Paul and Juliana of Ptolemais.

Brother and sister. Martyred at Ptolemais in Syria under Aurelian.

SEE ALSO: August 17.

Synax.CP, March 4, par. 2 (cols. 505-6).

BHG 964-964e; BiblSS X 303-5; Holweck 782; LCI VIII 152.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 153. Martyrdom, beheading. Juliana''s decapitated body lies on the ground. Paul, kneeling, is about to be beheaded. Two bound companions wait at the right. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 8, fig. 31).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Paul and Juliana and companions. Martyrdom, stabbing with sword; beheading. Juliana is stabbed with a sword. Paul crouches on the ground. A group of companions have already been beheaded. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 179, fig. T VIII 7; Mijović, Menolog, p. 334, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 15, pl. CXX.1).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, dome. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 309, fig. 35, pls. 145-6).

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Archelaus, Cyril and Photius of Nicomedia.

Martyred at Nicomedia in Bithynia at an unknown time.

Synax.CP, March 4, par. 4 (col. 506).

Holweck 101.

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, south wall, lunette. Cyril and Photius.²⁷ Martyrs, holding crosses. Wall. Greek inscriptions. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).

²⁷ Živković places Photius in the west lunette, and identifies the second figure in the south lunette as James.

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Gerasimus of Jordan.

Hermit. Founder of a monastery near the Jordan River in Palestine. d.475.

SEE ALSO: March 20.

Synax.CP, March 4, par. 5 (cols. 507-8).

BHG 693-696e; BiblSS VI 199-200; Holweck 427; LCI VI 391-3.

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

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, dome, drum. Monk, holding scroll. Half-figure in medallion. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 5).

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Perpetua and Saturus of Carthage.

Perpetua, a married woman, martyred with Saturus and other companions in Carthage under Septimius Severus.

Perpetua, SEE ALSO: February 2.

Synax.CP, March 4, par. 6 (col. 508).

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, dome, drum. Saturus and Perpetua. Martyr and woman saint, holding crosses. Half-figures in medallions. Greek inscriptions. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 5).

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