The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for November 20

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Gregory of Decapolis.
Gregory the Decapolite.

Monk. From Irenopolis in the Isaurian Decapolis. Monk. Miracle worker. d. ca. 841-2.

Synax.CP, Nov. 20, par. 1 (cols. 239-40).

BHG 711; BiblSS VII 176; DHGE XXI 1498-9; Holweck 451; LCI VI 429-30; ODB 880.

Mount Athos, Dochiariou 5, fol. 333v. 1) Monk. Orant. 2) Initial A. Lion. (Pelekanides, Treasures, III, fig. 268; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 92, figs. 3A11-12).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 17v. Monk, holding cross. Half-figure. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 10 [unidentified], fig. 30).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 197. Monk, holding closed scroll. Gregory stands beneath a large shell lunette ornamenting the building behind him. (Menologio, I, p. 53, II, fig. p. 197).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Gregory?¹¹⁰ Fragmentary figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 88, fig. T III 14; Mijović, Menolog, p. 326, fig. 50).

¹¹⁰ Identification suggested by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 88.

Proclus of Constantinople; Maximianus II of Constantinople; Anatolius of Constantinople; Gennadius I of Constantinople.

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Synax.CP, Nov. 20, par. 2 (col. 240).

Proclus of Constantinople. Patriarch of Constantinople, 434-446.

SEE ALSO: October 24.

Maximianus II of Constantinople. Patriarch of Constantinople, 431-434.

BiblSS IX 21-2; Fedalto 4; Holweck 691; Nicol 82-3.

Anatolius of Constantinople. Patriarch of Constantinople, 449-458.

SEE ALSO: July 3.

BHG 91-92e; BiblSS I 1083-4; DHGE II 1497-1500; Fedalto 4; Holweck 69; LCI V 137; Nicol 6-7.

Gennadius I of Constantinople. Patriarch of Constantinople, 458-471.

BHG 667; BiblSS VI 132-4; DHGE XX 477; Fedalto 4; Holweck 421; LCI VI 359-60; Nicol 42; ODB 830; ODCC 556.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 17v. Proclus,¹¹¹ Maximianus II, Anatolius and Gennadius I. Four bishops, two holding books. Half-figures. (Hutter, II, p. 10, fig. 30).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 268v. Proclus and Maximianus II. Two bishops, holding books.

¹¹¹ Hutter, p. 10, identifies only Proclus.

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Dasius of Durostorum.

Soldier. Martyred at Durostorum in Moesia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Nov. 20, par. 4 (col. 241); Nov. 19, Synax. selecta (cols. 235-6).

BHG 491; BiblSS IV 483-4; Holweck 264; LCI VI 34.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 193. Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, p. 52, II, fig. p. 193).

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Nerses and Joseph of Persia II.

Nerses, bishop of Sahrgard, and his disciple Joseph, also a bishop, martyred in Persia under Shapur II.

Synax.CP, Nov. 20, par. 5 (col. 241).

BiblSS IX 732-3; Fedalto 956; Holweck 734; LCI VIII 35.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 194. Bishops. Martyrdom, beheading. Joseph, bound, stands at the left. Nerses is about to be beheaded. (Menologio, I, p. 52, II, fig. p. 194).

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John, Sapor and Isaac of Beth-Seleucia.

Bishops. Martyred in Persia under Shapur II.

Synax.CP, Nov. 20, par. 7 (col. 243).

BiblSS IX 735-6; Holweck 547; LCI VII 198.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 195. Martyrdom, stoning. Two bishops, a monk, and four other men have fallen to the ground as stones are hurled at them. (Menologio, I, pp. 52-3, II, fig. p. 195).

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Boethazatus and Sazanes of Persia, Thecla and Anna of Beth-Seleucia, and companions.

Boethazatus (also called Azotus or Guhstazad), a eunuch, martyred with companions in Persia under Shapur II.

Synax.CP, Nov. 20, par. 8 (cols. 243-4).

BiblSS IX 737-40; Holweck 734, 955; LCI V 420.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 196. 1) Boethazatus, Sazanes and companions. Martyrdom, stabbing; throat cut. The bodies of four men, dead of stab wounds, lie on the ground. An executioner is about to cut the throat of a fifth man. 2) Thecla, Anna and companions. Nuns. Martyrdom, beheading. Thecla, Anna and two companions are about to be beheaded. Ten other co-martyrs, all nuns, stand behind them. (Menologio, I, p. 53, II, fig. p. 196).

SEE ALSO: Amphilochius of Iconium, November 23

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