The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 15

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Pachomius of Egypt and Theodore the Sanctified.

Synax.CP, May 15, par. 1 (cols. 683-86).

Pachomius of Egypt. Monk. Founder of monasteries for men and women near Tabennisi in the Thebaid in Egypt. d. 346.

SEE ALSO: May 7.

Theodore the Sanctified. Monk. Abbot of the Monastery of Tabennisi in Egypt. Disciple of Pachomius. d. 368.

BHG 2432; BiblSS XII 270-2; Holweck 960; LCI VIII 451.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 39v. Pachomius. Holding cross. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 23, fig. 73).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west bay, vault. Pachomius. Monk. Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 229, fig. T VII 8; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 46; Petković, Dečani, p. 17).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Theodore. Monk. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103 [under May 18]; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

Achillius of Larissa.

Bishop of Larissa in Thessalia. Miracle worker. d. ca. 330.

Synax.CP, May 15, par. 2 (col. 686).

BHG 2012-2013; BiblSS I 157-8; DHGE I 302; Fedalto 458; Holweck 11; LCI V 21-2.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 39v. Achillius? Bishop, holding book. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II [unidentified], p. 23, fig. 73).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west bay, vault. Bishop, holding book.⁴⁹ Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 229, fig. T VII 8; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 46; Petković, Dečani, p. 17).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Bishop. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 9).

⁴⁹ Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 229.

Bachtisius, Isaac and Simeon II of Persia.

Martyred in Persia under Shapur II.

Synax.CP, May 15, par. 5 (col. 687).

BiblSS III 229-30; Holweck 917.

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Simeon. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103 [under May 18]; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

Heraclius, Paulinus and Venedimus of Athens.

Martyred at Athens under Decius.

Synax.CP, May 15, par. 6 (cols. 687-8).

BiblSS IV 1284-5; Holweck 472.

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, burning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103 [under May 18]; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).