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Michael of Synnada.

Bishop of Synnada in Phyrgia Salutaris. Confessor during Iconoclasm under Leo V the Armenian.

Synax.CP, May 23, par. 1 (cols. 703-4).

BHG 2274x-2275; BiblSS IX 457-8; Fedalto 167; Holweck 710; LCI VIII 16.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 40v. Bishop, holding book. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 24, fig. 75).

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

Thessaloniki, Nicholas Orphanos. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 259, fig. 4, pl. 17; Tsitouridou, pp. 184-5, pl. 76).

SEE ALSO: John Psichaita, May 24

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