The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 1

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Ananias of Damascus.

Bishop of Damascus. Martyr. One of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Oct. 1, par. 1 (col. 95).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 1.

BHG 75x-76a; BiblSS I 1037; DHGE II 1431-2; Fedalto 729; Holweck 64; LCI V 129.

Istanbul, Greek Patriarchate, 80, fol. 1r. Missing folio, beginning of life of Ananias. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 110).

Jerusalem, Greek Patriarchate, Saba 63, fol. 34r. Apostle, holding scroll. Half-figure. Beardless. Buildings. (Baumstark, "Menaion," pl. I.2).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 1r. Apostle, holding cross. (Likhachova, Byzantine Minatures, pl. 15; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 52, fig. 6A1).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 4r. Apostle. Martyrdom, stoning. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 52-3, fig. 6A2).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 11v. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 5, fig. 18).

Oxford, New College 149, fol. 3r. Bishop. Triumph. In miniature, standing figure. In initial A, the governor Lucian, bound, hanging by the neck. Damaged. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 38-39, fig. 1C10).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 255v. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 76. Martyrdom, stoning. Ananias, apostle, kneels, praying toward Hand of God emerging from a starry arc of Heaven. (Menologio, I, p. 22, II, fig. p. 76).

Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 3r. Bishop. Triumph. Ananias strangles the governor Lucian, wearing crown. Initial A. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 161, fig. 4D7; Walter, "Triumph of the Martyrs," fig. 1).

Vienna, hist. gr. 6, fol. 3v. Bishop, holding book. (Mazal, Byzanz und Abendland, fig. 10; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 19, figs. 1A7-8).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Apostle, holding scroll. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 350, fig. 62, pl. 236).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Bishop. Martyrdom, stoning. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 32, fig. T II 17; Mijović, Menolog, p. 320, fig. 41, pl. 182).

Gračanica. Northeast pier, west face. Apostle, holding scroll. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 17; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 14).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Apostle, holding scroll. Bust. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 262, fig. 6, pl. 27).

Romanus Melodus.

Deacon in Constantinople. Hymnographer. 6th cen.

Synax.CP, Oct. 1, par. 2 (cols. 95-6).

BHG 2380-2382; BiblSS XI 319-23; Holweck 864; LCI VIII 279-80; ODB 1807-8; ODCC 1196.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 78. Vision. Inspired by Virgin Mary. As Romanus Melodus lies asleep on an oval mattress, the Virgin Mary appears to him and touches his lips with a closed scroll. Basilican church of the Theotokos, with cross on gable. (LCI VIII, fig. col. 280; Menologio, I, pp. 22-3, II, fig. p. 78).

Gračanica. Northeast pier, west face. Deacon. Holding pyxis. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 17; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 14).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Deacon, holding cross. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 262, fig. 6, pl. 27).

Domninus of Thessalonica.

Martyred at Thessalonica under Maximian.

Synax.CP, Oct. 1, par. 3 (cols. 96-7).

BHG 2109; BiblSS IV 813-5; Holweck 289; LCI VI 84.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 79. Torture, beating with clubs. Domninus, wearing loin cloth, lies prone on the ground, wrists and ankles bound with ropes attached to pegs. At right, arch, decorated with shell. (Menologio, I, p. 23, II, fig. p. 79).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall, soffit. Oct. 2.⁹⁷ Holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 263, fig. 15).

⁹⁷ Mijović, Menolog, p. 263, suggests the figure may be either Domninus of Thessalonica (Oct. 1) or Domninus of Edessa (Nov. 5).

Michael of Sebastopol.

Monk. Abbot of a monastery near Sebastopol in Armenia. Martyred with 36 monks by the Arabs. d. 780-790.

Synax.CP, Oct. 1, par. 5 (col. 98).

BiblSS IX 459-60; Holweck 711; LCI VIII 16.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 77. Monk. Martyrdom, beheading. At right, five monks have already been beheaded. (Menologio, I, 22, II, fig. p. 77).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Monk, wearing hood. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 350,⁹⁸ fig. 62, pl. 236).

Gračanica. Northeast pier, west face. Monk, wearing hood. Martyrdom, beheading. Michael and another monk are about to be beheaded. The bodies and severed heads of a large group of monks surround them. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 17, pl. 126; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 14).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Monk. Accompanied by three other monks. Busts. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 262, fig. 6, pl. 27).