Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Introduction Calendar Abbreviations List of Iconographical Motifs List of Iconographical Scenes List of Feasts

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for November 11

Menas of Egypt, Victor of Syria, Stephanis of Syria and Vincent of Saragossa.

Synax.CP, Nov. 11, par. 1 (cols. 211-214).

Menas of Egypt. Soldier. Martyred in Phrygia under Diocletian or in Alexandria under Maximian.

Simeon Metaphrastes, Nov. 11.

BHG 1250-1269m; BiblSS IX 324-43; Holweck 703-4; LCI VIII 3-7; ODB 1339; ODCC 902; ODS 299.

Victor of Syria. Soldier. Martyred with his wife Stephanis (Corona) in Damascus under Antoninus Pius.

BHG 1864-1865; BiblSS XII 1290-3; Holweck 1013; LCI VIII 555-6.

Stephanis of Syria (Corona of Syria). Wife of Victor of Syria.

BHG 1864-1865; BiblSS XII 1290-3; Holweck 239, 1013; LCI VII 342-3.

Vincent of Saragossa. Deacon of Saragossa. Martyred in Valencia under Diocletian.

SEE ALSO: January 22.

BHG 1866-1867e; BiblSS XII 1149-55; Holweck 1020-1; LCI VIII 568-72; ODCC 1441; ODS 424.

London, British Library, Add. 36636, fol. 81v. Miniature cut out. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 127, fig. 3F8).

Mount Sinai, gr. 500, fol. 129v. Victor, Menas and Vincent. Martyrs, holding crosses. The bust of Christ is depicted on Menas' cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 65, fig. 1G10; Weitzmann and Galavaris, Illuminated Greek Manuscripts, I, pp. 76-7, fig. 210).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 16v. Vincent. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 9, fig. 28).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 266v. Menas, Victor and Vincent. Martyrs, holding crosses.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 174. 1) Menas, Victor and Vincent. Martyrdom, beheading. Vincent, bound, stands at the left. Menas is about to be beheaded. The body and severed head of Victor is lying on the ground. 2) Stephanis. Torture, suspension. Martyrdom, torn apart. Stephanis is suspended, by ropes tied around her wrists, between two palm trees which are about to spring apart. (Menologio, I, p. 47, II, fig. p. 174).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 351, fol. 117r. Triumph. Initial B. Emperor Diocletian, standing, entwined by a serpent. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 171, fig. 5A7).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, north side. 1) Menas and Victor. Martyrdom, beheading. 2) Vincent. Deacon. Standing within a church? (Mijović, Menolog, p. 352, fig. 63, pl. 241).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Menas, Victor and Vincent. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 78, fig. T II 14; Mijović, Menolog, p. 325, fig. 41, pl. 195).

Theodore Studites.

Monk. Abbot of the Monastery of Studion in Constantinople. Confessor. 759-826. Relics translated to Constantinople in 844.

Synax.CP, Nov. 11, par. 2 (cols. 214-6).

BHG 1754-1759m; BiblSS XII 265-70; Holweck 963; LCI VIII 446-7; ODB 2044-5; ODCC 1359-60; ODS 403.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 266v. Priest, holding book. (Mouriki, "Portraits of Theodore Studites, fig. 6).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 175. 1) Monk. Praying. Theodore stands with hands raised in prayer toward an arc of Heaven. 2) Translation of Relics. In a row boat on the sea, Naucratius, Theodore's disciple, sits before a reliquary casket. On the shore, within a wall, the basilican church of the Monastery of Studion. A cross surmounts the apse. (Menologio, I, p. 47, II, fig. p. 175; Mouriki, "Portraits of Theodore Studites, fig. 1).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 351, fol. 123r. Monk, holding book. Initial K. Tower, on which is a church approached by a diagonal staircase. The half-figure of Theodore appears at the top, within a cell which a gable roof surmounted by a cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 171, fig. 5A9).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Priest, holding book. Building. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 79, fig. T II 20; Mijović, Menolog, p. 325, fig. 41, pl. 198).