The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 18

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Luke the Evangelist.

Evangelist. Apostle. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Oct. 18, par. 1 (cols. 147-8).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 18.

BHG 990y-993t; BiblSS VIII 188-222; Holweck 626; LCI VII 448-64; ODB 1256; ODCC 844; ODS 270.

Istanbul, Greek Patriarchate, 80, fol. 104r. Apostle. Luke holds book above altar, under a domed ciborium. Initial E. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 113, fig. 6D10).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 100r. Apostle, holding book. Beardless. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 55, fig. 6B6).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 13v. Death. Body of Luke in a sarcophagus. A cleric swings a censer. Behind, a domed building and two towers. (Hutter, II, p. 7, fig. 22).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 261v. Apostle, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 121. Burial. Two priests place the body of Luke in an arcaded sarcophagus; a third swings a censer. Behind, in a courtyard, the domed Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. Crosses surmount the main dome and two lateral domes. (Menologio, I, p. 33, II, fig. p. 121).

Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 130r. Apostle. Writing in book at lectern. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 163, fig. 4E9).

Vienna, hist. gr. 6, fol. 3v. Apostle, holding book. (Mazal, Byzanz und Abendland, fig. 10; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 19, figs. 1A7, 1A9).

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

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Translation of relics. A procession of clerics carrying a reliquary casket approach a group of clerics, including two bishops wearing polystavria, standing outside a city gate. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 53, fig. T II 18; Mijović, Menolog, p. 322, fig. 41).

Gračanica. North aisle, southwest pilaster. Apostle, holding book. Tonsure. Three-quarter figure. (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. Apostle, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 265, fig. 15, pl. 30).

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Marinus of Anazarbus.
Marinus senex.

Martyred at Anazarbus in Cilicia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Oct. 18, par. 2 (cols. 148-50).

BHG 1171; BiblSS VIII 1172-3; Holweck 659; LCI VII 546.

Gračanica. North aisle, southwest pilaster. Holding book. Three-quarter figure. (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. Oct. 17. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 265, fig. 15, pl. 30).

SEE ALSO:
Chrysanthus and Daria of Rome, October 17
Varus of Egypt, October 19

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