The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 10

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Simon the Apostle.

Apostle. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, May 10, par. 1 (col. 671).

BHG 1636; BiblSS XI 1169-73; Holweck 919-20; LCI VIII 367-71.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 39r. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Simeon, wearing loin cloth, hangs from a cross. (Hutter, II, p. 23, fig. 72).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Simon, wearing loin cloth, hangs from a cross. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 28; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17 [not identified]).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Martyrdom, crucifixion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 9).

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Alphaeus, Philadelphus and Cyrinus of Lentini.

Brothers. Martyred at Lentini in Sicily under Decius or Valerian.

Synax.CP, May 10, par. 2 (cols. 671-2).

BHG 57-62e, BiblSS I 832-4; DHGE II 676; Holweck 53.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 39r. Alphaeus, Philadelphus and Cyrinus? Three half-figures. (Hutter, II, p. 23 [unidentified], fig. 72).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 9).

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Hesychius Palatine.

Palace official at Antioch. Martyred under Maximian.

Synax.CP, May 10, par. 4 (col. 674).

BiblSS V 87; Holweck 479.

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, thrown into a well. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

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