The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for November 4

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Nicander and Hermaius of Myra.

Nicander, bishop of Myra in Lycia. Martyred with Hermaius, a priest. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Nov. 4, par. 1 (col. 191).

BHG 2295; BiblSS IX 851; Fedalto 225; Holweck 735; LCI VIII 37-8.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 264v. Martyrs, holding crosses.

Joannicius of Bithynia.
Joannicius Thaumaturgus.

Monk on Mount Olympus in Bithynia. d. 846.

Synax.CP, Nov. 4, par. 2 (cols. 191-3); Nov. 3, Synax. selecta (cols. 189-92).

BHG 935-7; BiblSS VI 1065-6; Holweck 531; LCI VII 198-9; ODB 1005-6.

London, British Library, Add. 36636, fol. 5v. Initial T. The base is formed by the monk Joannicius, arms raised, and the head of another monk appearing in a cave (inscribed). The upright is formed by a caryatid, the personification of Mount Olympus (inscribed). (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 126-7, fig. 3F2).

Mount Sinai, gr. 500, fol. 43v. Monk, holding inscribed scroll. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 65, fig. 1G4; Weitzmann and Galavaris, Illuminated Greek Manuscripts, I, pp. 75-6, fig. 203).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 15v. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 8, fig. 26).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 158. Nov. 3. Monk. Praying. Joannicius prays to Hand of God emerging from a starry arc of Heaven. Basilican church, cross on gable. (Menologio, I, p. 42, II, fig. p. 158).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 351, fol. 38v. Monk. Initial T. Joannicius approaches a rock on which a woman with long braids and a headdress, possibly a personification of Mount Olympus, stands. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 170, figs. 4G6-7).

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

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Monk, holding inscribed scroll. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. , fig. T IV ; Mijović, Menolog, p. 325, fig. 42).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Monk. Orant. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 267, fig. 12).

Porphyrius the Mime.

Actor in Caesarea in Cappadocia. Martyred under Aurelian or Julian the Apostate.

SEE ALSO: September 15.

Synax.CP, Nov. 4, par. 3 (cols. 193-4).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 159. Martyrdom, beheading. Porphyrius, wearing loin cloth, is about to be beheaded. Alexander, magistrate of Caesarea, stands at the right. Church. (Menologio, I, pp. 42-3, II, fig. p. 159).

Patrobas of Puteoli, Hermas of Philippopolis, Linus of Volterra, Caius of Corinth, Philologus of Sinope.

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

Synax.CP, Nov. 4, par. 4 (col. 194).

Patrobas of Puteoli. Bishop of Puteoli in Campania.

BiblSS X 414-5; Holweck 777; LCI VIII 125.

Hermas of Philippopolis (Hermes of Philippopolis). Said to be bishop of Philippopolis in Thrace.

SEE ALSO: March 8.

BiblSS V 9; Fedalto 301; Holweck 475; LCI VI 507-8.

Linus of Volterra. Pope, ca.66-ca.78. The first bishop of Rome after the apostles.

BiblSS VIII 56-8; Holweck 612; LCI VIII 408; ODCC 826; ODP 6-7.

Caius of Corinth (Gaius of Corinth). Said to be bishop of Ephesus or of Thessalonica or of Pergamon.

BiblSS III 651-3; DHGE XI 235-6; Fedalto 131, 423; Holweck 181-2; LCI V 342.

Philologus of Sinope. Said to be bishop of Sinope in Helenopontus.

BiblSS V 795; Fedalto 82; Holweck 813; LCI VIII 208.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 160. Five bishops. Patrobus, orant; Hermas, holding scroll; Linus, holding book; Caius and Philologus, orant. (Menologio, I, p. 43, II, fig. p. 160).