The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 17

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Hosea.

Prophet.

Synax.CP, Oct. 17, par. 1 (cols. 143-4).

BHG 1395-1395b; BiblSS IX 1278-81; Holweck 760; LCI III 358-9; ODCC 1278-81.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 13v. Prophet, holding scroll. (Hutter, II, p. 7, fig. 22).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 261r. Prophet.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 119. Prophet, holding scroll. Two-towered building with arcade. (Menologio, I, p. 32, II, fig. p. 119).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Prophet. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 351, fig. 62, pl. 237).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Prophet, holding scroll inscribed with paraphrase of Hosea 14:1. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 52, fig. T II 13; Mijović, Menolog, p. 322, fig. 41, pl. 189).

Gračanica. Northwest pier, south face. Prophet. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 293, fig. 21; Todić, Gračanica, p. 102; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northwest 16).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall, soffit. Prophet, holding scroll. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 265, fig. 15, pl. 30).

Cosmas and Damian of Arabia.

Physicians. From Arabia. Martyred with their brothers Anthimus, Leontius and Euprepius in Lycia under Diocletian. In the West, the three sets of brothers named Cosmas and Damian are merged.

Cosmas and Damian of Cilicia, SEE ALSO: November 1.

Cosmas and Damian of Rome, SEE ALSO: July 1.

Synax.CP, Oct. 17, par. 2 (cols. 144-146).

BHG 372-392; BiblSS IV 223-7; DHGE XIII 930; Holweck 240; LCI VII 344-52; ODCC 350; ODS 101.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 261r. Holding probes.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 120. Martyrdom, beheading. Anthimus, Leontius and Euprepius stand at the right. (Menologio, I, p. 32, II, p. 120).

Chrysanthus and Daria of Rome.

Husband and wife. Martyred at Rome under Numerian.

SEE ALSO: March 19.

Synax.CP, Oct. 17, Synax. selecta (cols. 143-4).

BHG 313-313e; BiblSS IV 300-306; Holweck 211-2; LCI V 510-1.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 118. Martyrdom, burial in pit. Daria and Chrysanthus, buried to the waist in a sandpit, are pushed down by two executioners with staves. (Menologio, I, p. 32, II, fig. p. 118).

Gračanica. North aisle, southwest pilaster. Oct. 18. Martyrdom, burial in pit. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 293, fig. 21, pl. 133; Todić, Gračanica, p. 102; Živković, Gračanica, fig. V west side).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall, soffit. Inscribed Chrysantha and Daria. Two women saints. Half-figures. Gender confusion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 265, fig. 15).

Isidora and Neophyta of Lentini.

Sisters. Neophyta was the mother of St. Neophytus, bishop of Lentini. Martyred at Lentini in Sicily, in 236.

Not in Synax.CP.

Holweck 513, 732.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 261r. Two women saints, holding crosses.