The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 19

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Patrick of Bithynia.

Bishop of Prusa in Bithynia. Martyred at an unknown time.

Synax.CP, May 19, par. 1 (col. 695).

BHG 1432-1432n; BiblSS X 412-4; Fedalto 105; Holweck 777; LCI V 125.

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

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, center bay, vault. Bishop, wearing polystavrion. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 233, fig. T VI 8; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 52; Petković, Dečani, p. 17, pl. CXXVII).

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

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

Thessaloniki, Nicholas Orphanos. Bishop, wearing polystavrion.⁵¹ Torture, pushed into abyss. Fragmentary scene. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 259, fig. 4, pl. 17; Tsitouridou, pp. 183-4, pl. 76).

⁵¹ Identification proposed by Tsitouridou, pp. 183-4. Mijović, Menolog, p. 259, suggests Alexander of Jerusalem, May 17.

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Philetairus of Nicomedia.

SEE ALSO: December 18.

Synax.CP, May 19, par. 3 (cols. 695-6).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Philetairus and companions. Group of martyrs, two holding crosses. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 29, pl. 134; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

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