The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for November 12

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John the Almsgiver.
John Eleemosynary; John of Alexandria.

Patriarch of Alexandria, 610-619.

Synax.CP, Nov. 12, par. 1 (cols. 215-7).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Nov. 12.

BHG 886-889; BiblSS VI 750-7; Fedalto 583; Holweck 533; LCI VII 82-3; ODB 1058-9; ODS 235-7.

Athens, Benaki Museum, fragment 1. (Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," fig. 15).

Mount Sinai, gr. 500, fol. 136r. Bishop, holding book. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 66, fig. 1G11; Weitzmann and Galavaris, Illuminated Greek Manuscripts, I, p. 77, fig. 211).

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

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 267r. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 177. Bishop, holding book. Arcaded building. (BiblSS VI, fig. col. 755-6; Menologio, I, p. 48, II, fig. p. 177; Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," fig. 16).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 351, fol. 179v. 1) Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. To the right, half-figure of the Personification of Mercy, a bare-breasted woman wearing a laurel crown, earrings, necklace and armbands, and holding a torch. 2) Initial T. Tower, with reclining Personification of Alexandria wearing turreted crown at its base. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 171-2, figs. 5A10-11).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, north side. Bishop. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 352, fig. 63, pl. 241).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Orant. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 80, fig. T II 21; Mijović, Menolog, p. 325, fig. 41, pl. 198).

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Nilus and Theodulus of Mount Sinai.

Synax.CP, Nov. 12, par. 2 (col. 217).

Nilus of Mount Sinai (Nilus the Elder; Nilus of Constantinople). Prefect at Constantinople. Monk at Mount Sinai with his son Theodulus. Writer. 5th cen.

BHG 1300-1307g; BiblSS IX 1008-9; Holweck 745; LCI VIII 65-6.

Theodulus of Mount Sinai (Theodulus of Constantinople).

SEE ALSO: January 14.

BHG 1300-1307g; BiblSS XII 318-9; Holweck 867; LCI VIII 456.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 16v. Nilus and Theodulus? Monks. Praying. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 9 [unidentified], fig. 28).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 266r. Nov. 10. Nilus. Monk, holding cross.

Cozia. Narthex, vault, north side. Nilus. Monk. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 352, fig. 63, pl. 241).

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Martin of Tours.
Martin, Bishop of the Franks.

Bishop of Tours. Confessor. d. 397.

Synax.CP, Nov. 12, par. 3 (cols. 217-8).

BHG 1181-1181b; BiblSS VIII 1248-91; Holweck 667-8; LCI VII 572-9; ODCC 879-80; ODS 287-8.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 16v. Martin?¹⁰⁹ Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 9, fig. 28).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 176. Bishop. Raising dead man. Praying. The body of the dead man lies on a bier at the head of which his wife stands weeping. The man who falsely accused the dead man of being his debtor stands behind the bier. At right, Martin lifts his hands in prayer. Building. (Menologio, I, p. 47, II, fig. p. 176).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Nov. 11. Bishop, holding book. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 79, fig. T II 20; Mijović, Menolog, p. 325, fig. 41, pl. 198).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Nov. 8. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 269, fig. 6).

¹⁰⁹ Identified by Mijović, Menolog, p. 325.

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