The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 10

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Eulampius and Eulampia of Nicomedia.

Brother and sister. Martyred at Nicomedia in Bithynia under Maximian.

Synax.CP, Oct. 10, par. 1 (cols. 125-7).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 10.

BHG 616-617; BiblSS V 213; DHGE XV 1386; Holweck 338; LCI VI 180.

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 56r. Martyrs, holding crosses. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 54, fig. 6A9).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 62r. Eulampius. Martyrdom, beheading. Eulampia stands at the right. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 54, fig. 6A11).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 12v. Eulampius. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 6, fig. 20).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 103. Martyrdom, beheading. Eulampius is about to be beheaded. Eulampia, hands bound behind back, barefoot, waits at the right. (Menologio, I, p. 29, II, fig. p. 103).

Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 72v. Eulampius. Bishop. Eulampia. Woman saint. Initial A. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 162, fig. 4E3).

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

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 351, fig. 62, pl. 236).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading. With companions. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 45, fig. T IV 16; Mijović, Menolog, p. 322, fig. 42, pl. 185).

Gračanica. Southwest pier, south face. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 293, fig. 20, pl. 127; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 15).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 263, fig. 6, pl. 29).

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Bassianus of Constantinople.

Monk. Abbot of a monastery at Constantinople. Mid 5th cen.

Synax.CP, Oct. 10, par. 2 (cols. 127-8).

BiblSS II 963; DHGE VI 1274; Holweck 141; LCI V 343.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 104. Monk. Orant. Arcaded portico with two towers. (BiblSS II, fig. cols. 961-2; Menologio, I, p. 29, II, fig. p. 104).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Monk.¹⁰¹ Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 263, fig. 6, pl. 29).

¹⁰¹ Mijović, Menolog, identifies the figure as Cassianus, February 12.

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James the Penitent.
James of Palestine; James the Hermit.

Hermit in Palestine. 6th cen.

Synax.CP, Oct. 10, par. 3 (cols. 128-30).

BHG 770; BiblSS VI 414-8; Holweck 516; LCI VII 41.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 105. Monk. Miracle of Rain. James, standing in the sarcophagus in which he lived, prays, looking up to rain pouring down from arc of Heaven. The sarcophagus is decorated with reliefs of three nude male figures, holding spears and shield, under an arcade. (BiblSS VI, fig. cols. 415-6; Menologio, I, p. 29, II, fig. p. 105).

Gračanica. Southwest pier, south face. Monk. Orant. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 293, fig. 20; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 15).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Monk. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 263, fig. 6, pl. 29).

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