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Hermias of Comana.

Soldier. Martyred at Comana in Pontus under Antoninus Pius.

Synax.CP, May 31, par. 1 (cols. 717-20).

BHG 744; BiblSS V 57-8; Holweck 477; LCI VI 511.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 41v. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 24, fig. 77).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, center bay, vault. Torture, suspension. Martyrdom, beheading. Hermias, wearing loin cloth, has been suspended upside-down, and then beheaded. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 245, fig. T V 3; Mijović, Menolog, p. 339, fig. 49; Petković, Dečani, p. 18, pl. CXXVII).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Hermias? Martyrdom, beheading. Inscription not preserved. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103 [unidentified]; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17 [unidentified]).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Torture, suspension. Martyrdom, beheading. Hermias has been suspended upside-down and then beheaded. The scene is damaged. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 8, pl. 80).

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