The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 18

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Theodotus of Ancyra.

Innkeeper. Martyred with seven virgins at Ancyra in Galatia at an unknown time.

SEE ALSO: June 7.

Synax.CP, May 18, par. 2 (col. 693).

BHG 1782-1783m; BiblSS XII 309-12; Holweck 966; LCI VIII 455.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 40r. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 23, fig. 74).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west bay, vault. Theodotus and companions.⁵⁰ Martyrdom, burning. Fragmentary scene. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 229, fig. T VII 8; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 46).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Theodotus and companions. Martyrdom, burning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 29, pl. 134; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

⁵⁰ Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 232.

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Stephen I of Constantinople.

Patriarch of Constantinople, 886-93.

Synax.CP, May 18, par. 3 (col. 694); May 17, Synax. selecta (cols. 689-92) Fedalto 6; Holweck 933; Nicol 116.

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. May 17. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 29, pl. 134; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

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Euphrasia of Nicaea.

Virgin. Martyred under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, May 18, Synax. selecta (cols. 693-4).

BiblSS V 168; Holweck 341.

Thessaloniki, Nicholas Orphanos. Martyrdom, drowning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 259, fig. 4, pl. 17; Tsitouridou, p. 183, pl. 76).

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