The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for November 15

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Gurias, Samonas and Abibus of Edessa.

Gurias and Samonas, martyred at Edessa under Diocletian. Abibus (Habib), deacon, martyred under Licinius, and buried with Gurias and Samonas.

Abibus, SEE ALSO: December 2.

Synax.CP, Nov. 15, par. 1 (cols. 225-6).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Nov. 15.

BHG 731-740m; BiblSS VII 539-43; Holweck 459; LCI VI 465-6.

Mount Athos, Panteleimon 100, fol. 1r. Gurias, Samonas and Abibus. Busts. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 104).

Mount Sinai, gr. 500, fol. 281v. Gurias and Samonas. Martyrs, holding crosses. Abibus. Deacon, holding censer and pyxis. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 66, fig. 2A2; Weitzmann and Galavaris, Illuminated Greek Manuscripts, I, p. 77, fig. 214).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 17r. Martyrdom, beheading. Damaged miniature. (Hutter, II, p. 9, fig. 29).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 268r. Abibus. Deacon, holding censer and pyxis. Gurias and Samonas. Martyrs, holding crosses.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 183. 1) Gurias and Samonas. Martyrdom, beheading. Gurias stands, bound, at the left. Samonas is about to be beheaded. 2) Abibus. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. (Menologio, I, p. 49, II, fig. p. 183).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, north side. 1) Gurias and Samonas. Martyrdom, beheading. 2) Abibus. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 352, fig. 63).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. 1) Abibus. Deacon. Orant. Half-figure. 2) Gurias and Samonas. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 83, fig. T II 28; Mijović, Menolog, p. 326, fig. 41, pl. 197).

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James Major the Apostle.

Apostle. Brother of John the Evangelist. Son of Zebedee and Salome. 1st cen.

SEE ALSO: April 30.

Synax.CP, Nov. 15, par. 2 (cols. 225-6).

BHG 767-768e; BiblSS VI 363-88; Holweck 518; LCI VII 23-39; ODB 1030-1; ODCC 723; ODS 222.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 185. Apostle. Martyrdom, stabbing. James, kneeling, is stabbed in the throat. Pagan tomb with statue of seated lion. (Menologio, I, p. 50, II, fig. p. 185).

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Demetrius of Dabude.

From Dabude in Nubia. Martyred under Maximian or Maximin Daia.

Synax.CP, Nov. 15, par. 3 (col. 226).

Holweck 270; LCI VI 40.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 184. Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, pp. 49-50, II, fig. p. 184).

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