The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 4

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Irene of Constantinople.

Virgin. Megalomartyr. By tradition, daughter of Licinius.

Synax.CP, May 4, par. 1 (cols. 653-7); May 5, Synax. selecta (cols. 659-60).

BHG 952y-954c; Holweck 508; LCI VII 3-4.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 38v. May 5. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 22, fig. 71).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 306v. Empress, holding globe. Wearing crown, loros and thorakion.

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. May 5. Martyrdom, beheading. Inscription not preserved. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 297, fig. 29; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

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Silvanus of Gaza.

Bishop of Gaza in Palestine, 307-310. Martyred with companions under Maximin Daia.

Synax.CP, May 4, par. 2 (col. 657).

BiblSS XI 1062-4; Fedalto 1022; Holweck 912.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, vault. Silvanus and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 14).

SEE ALSO: Pelagia of Tarsus, May 5

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