The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for November 23

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Archippus and Philemon of Colossae.

Disciples of Paul the Apostle. Two of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

SEE ALSO: February 19.

Synax.CP, Nov. 23, par. 1 (cols. 247-248); Nov. 22, Synax. selecta (cols. 245-8).

Archippus of Colossae. Said to be bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia. Martyred at Colossae in Phrygia under Nero.

BHG 2039-2040; BiblSS II 378-82; Fedalto 150; Holweck 101; LCI V 241-2.

Philemon of Colossae. Martyred at Colossae in Phrygia under Nero.

BHG 2039-2040; BiblSS V 688-97; Holweck 809; LCI VIII 197; ODCC 1080.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 18r. Nov. 22. Philemon. Martyrdom, beheading. Two companions. (Hutter, II, p. 10, fig. 31).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 268v. Nov. 22. Philemon. Apostle.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 200. 1) Archippus. Torture, scraping with stylus. Martyrdom, burial in pit. Archippus, bare torso, is waist deep in a pit, with the earth piled around him. Two executioners scrape his shoulders with styli. 2) Philemon. Martyrdom, beating with club. Philemon, wearing loin cloth, is prone, face down, his wrists and ankles tied to pegs in the ground. An executioner brandishes a club. (BiblSS II, fig. cols. 379-80; Menologio, I, p. 54, II, fig. p. 200).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Nov. 22. Apostle. Philemon?¹¹³ Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 90, fig. T III 16; Mijović, Menolog, p. 326, fig. 50).

¹¹³ Identification suggested by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 90.

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Amphilochius of Iconium.

Bishop of Iconium in Lycaonia. Late 4th cen.

SEE ALSO: October 19.

Synax.CP, Nov. 23, par. 2 (cols. 248-250).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Nov. 23.

Copenhagen, GKS fol. 167, fol. 34r. Nov. 20. Bishop, holding book. (Mackeprang, Greek and Latin Illuminated Manuscripts, pl. III; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 58, fig. 1E11).

Mount Athos, Dochiariou 5, fol. 58r. Nov. 20. Bishop, holding book. Three-quarter figure. (Pelekanides, Treasures, III, fig. 260; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 89, fig. 2G4).

Mount Athos, Lavra {D} 71, fol. 45r. Bishop, holding book. (Pelekanides, Treasures, III, fig. 119; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 102, fig. 3C2).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 18r. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 10, fig. 31).

Paris, gr. 580, fol. 2v. Bishop, holding book. (Omont, Miniatures, p. 50, pl. 102; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 20, fig. 1A12).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 268v. Bishop, holding book.

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion. Amphilochius?¹¹⁴ (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 91, fig. T III 17; Mijović, Menolog, p. 326, fig. 50).

¹¹⁴ Identification suggested by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 91.

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Sisinius of Cyzicus.

Said to be bishop of Cyzicus in Hellespontus. Martyred under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Nov. 23, no. 3 (cols. 250-2); Nov. 24, Synax. selecta (cols. 253-4).

BiblSS XI 1248-9; Holweck 924; LCI VIII 376.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 268v. Priest, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 202. Nov. 24. Priest. Martyrdom, beheading. Sisinius, holding a two-handled gemmed liturgical vessel in draped hands, bends forward under the executioner's sword. At left, a temple surrounded by a wall. On the roof, a statue of a nude male divinity holding a spear. At right, a building with a tower which has a conical roof. (Menologio, I, p. 55, II, fig. p. 202).

SEE ALSO: Gregory of Agrigentum, November 24

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