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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for November 26

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Alypius Stylites.

Monk. Stylite in Paphlagonia. d. early 7th cen.

Synax.CP, Nov. 26, par. 1 (cols. 257-8).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Nov. 26.

BHG 64-66d; BiblSS I 867-70; Holweck 55; LCI V 105-6.

Copenhagen, GKS fol. 167, fol. 166r. Monk, holding cross. (Mackeprang, Greek and Latin Illuminated Manuscripts, pl. IV; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 58, fig. 1F7).

Genoa, Miss. Urbana 36, fol. 165v. Monk, holding cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 44, fig. 1D10).

Mount Athos, Dochiariou 5, fol. 228r. Monk, wearing hood. Orant. (Pelekanides, Treasures, III, fig. 266; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 91, fig. 3A3).

Mount Athos, Lavra {D} 71, fol. 181v. Monk. Stylite. Bust on column. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 102, fig. 3C7).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 18v. Monk. Stylite. Bust on column. (Hutter, II, p. 10, fig. 32).

Paris, gr. 580, fol. 2v. Monk. Stylite. Bust, on column with three-step base. Capital with lion's head mask. (Omont, Miniatures, p. 50, pl. 102; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 21, fig. 1A12).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 269r. Monk. Stylite. Bust on column with three-step base.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 208. Monk. Stylite. Praying. Alypius, shown bust-length on a column within a grill, prays toward the Hand of God emerging from a starry arc of Heaven. Behind, a monastery with basilican church and a walled enclosure surrounding fruit and other trees. (Menologio, I, p. 57, II, fig. p. 208; Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," fig. 6).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Monk, wearing hood. Stylite. Half-figure, on column capital. Orant. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 95, fig. T IV 20; Mijović, Menolog, p. 326, fig. 42, pl. 204).

Mercurius of Caesarea.

Soldier. Megalomartyr. Martyred at Caesarea in Cappadocia under Decius and Valerian.

Synax.CP, Nov. 26, par. 2 (cols. 258-9); Nov. 25, Synax. selecta (cols. 255-8). Not in Synax. CP for Nov. 24.

Simeon Metaphrastes, Nov. 26.

BHG 1274-1277a; BiblSS IX 362-8; Holweck 706; LCI VIII 10-13; ODB 1345.

Copenhagen, GKS fol. 167, fol. 155v. Nov. 25. Martyr, holding cross. (Mackeprang, Greek and Latin Illuminated Manuscripts, pl. IV; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 58, fig. 1F5).

Copenhagen, GKS fol. 167, fol. 165v. Martyrdom, beheading. Church. Damaged. (Mackeprang, Greek and Latin Illuminated Manuscripts, pl. IV; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 58, fig. 1F6).

Genoa, Miss. Urbana 36, fol. 156r. Nov. 25. Martyr, holding cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 44, fig. 1D9).

Mount Athos, Dochiariou 5, fol. 216r. Soldier, holding sword and shield. Half-figure in medallion. (Pelekanides, Treasures, III, fig. 265; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 90-1, fig. 3A1).

Mount Athos, Lavra {D} 71, fol. 158v. Martyr, holding cross. (Pelekanides, Treasures, III, fig. 121; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 102, fig. 3C5).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 18r. Nov. 24. Martyrdom, beheading. Awaiting beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 10, fig. 31).

Paris, gr. 580, fol. 2v. Soldier, wearing sword, holding spear and shield inscribed with Kufic letters. (Omont, Miniatures, p. 50, pl. 102; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 21, fig. 1A12).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 268v. Nov. 25. Martyr, holding cross.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 206. Nov. 25. Martyrdom, beheading. Mercurius, wearing loin cloth, is about to be beheaded. At left, the tomb sanctuary of the martyr. A spring flows from a lion-head spout in its base. At right, behind a hill, an arch. (Menologio, I, p. 56, II, fig. p. 206).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 95, fig. T IV 20; Mijović, Menolog, p. 326, fig. 42, pl. 204).

Silas of Corinth.

Said to be the first bishop of Corinth. Disciple of Paul the Apostle. One of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

SEE ALSO: July 30.

Synax.CP, Nov. 26, par. 4 (col. 260); Nov. 29, Synax. selecta (cols. 263-4).

BiblSS XI 1051-4; Holweck 911; LCI VIII 351-2.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 269r. Nov. 29. Apostle.

George of Lydda.

Soldier. Martyred at Lydda in Palestine under Dadianus (or at Nicomedia in Bithynia under Diocletian).

SEE ALSO: April 23.

Not in Synax.CP for Nov. 26.

BHG 669y-691y; BiblSS VI 512-31; DHGE XX 633-41; Holweck 423; LCI VI 365-90; ODB 834-5; ODCC 557; ODS 177-8.

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading.¹¹⁵ (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 94, fig. T IV 13; Mijović, Menolog, p. 326, fig. 42, pl. 205).

SEE ALSO: Acacius Climacus, November 27