The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 12

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Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus of Anazarbus.

Martyred at Anazarbus in Cilicia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Oct. 12, par. 1 (cols. 131-2).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 12.

BHG 1574-1575; BiblSS XII 123-4; Holweck 945; LCI VIII 419.

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 62r. Three martyrs, holding crosses. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 54, fig. 6A11).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 68v. Martyrdom, beheading. Probus is about to be beheaded. The body and severed head of Andronicus lies on the ground. Tarachus stands behind him. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 54, fig. 6A10).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 13r. Tarachus and Probus. Martyrdom, beheading. Tarachus and a female saint have been beheaded. Probus stands at left. (Hutter, II, p. 6, fig. 21).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 260r. Three martyrs, holding crosses.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 109. Martyrdom, beheading. Andronicus stands at left. Probus is about to be beheaded. The body and severed head of Tarachus lies on the ground. At right, a small building and arcaded entrance into a grotto, probably their martyrium. (Menologio, I, p. 30, II, fig. p. 109).

Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 80v. Martyrs. Triumph. Probus and Andronicus, holding crosses, trample the prostrate figure of Emperor Diocletian, crowned. Above, medallion with bust of Tarachus, holding cross. Initial {D}. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 162, fig. 4E4; Walter, "Triumph of the Martyrs," fig. 2).

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

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 47, fig. T IV 29; Mijović, Menolog, p. 322, fig. 42, pl. 186).

Gračanica. Northwest pier, north face. Three martyrs, holding crosses. Three-quarter figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 293, fig. 22; Todić, Gračanica, p. 102; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northwest 14).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 264, fig. 6, pl. 29).

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Anastasia the Elder.
Anastasia of Rome.

Virgin. Martyred under Valerian.

SEE ALSO: October 29.

Synax.CP, Oct. 12, par. 2 (cols. 133-4).

BHG 76x-78e; DHGE II 1484-5; Holweck 65; LCI V 131-2.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 110. Nun. Martyrdom, beheading. (LCI V, fig. col. 131; Menologio, I, pp. 30-1, II, fig. p. 110).

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Domnina of Anazarbus.
Domnica of Anazarbus.

Martyred at Anazarbus in Cilicia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Oct. 12, par. 3 (col. 134).

BHG 2108; BiblSS IV 762-3; Holweck 289; LCI VI 82.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 111. 1) Torture, disarticulation. An torturer uses pincers to pull apart the joints in Domnina's hand. 2) In prison. Domnina, standing before a basilican building, prays toward rays emerging from an arc of Heaven. (Menologio, I, p. 31, II, fig. p. 111).

Gračanica. Northwest pier, north face. Martyrdom, beheading. Inscribed Domnica. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 293, fig. 22; Todić, Gračanica, p. 102; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northwest 14).

SEE ALSO:
Carpus and Papylus of Pergamon, October 13
Council of Nicaea II, 787, October 11

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