The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 23

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James, Brother of the Lord.
James Adelphotheos; James the Just.

Bishop of Jerusalem. Martyred ca. 62.

Synax.CP, Oct. 23, par. 1 (cols. 156-7).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 23.

BHG 763y-766i; BiblSS VI 401-11; Fedalto 999; Holweck 517; LCI VII 40-1; ODB 1030-1.

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 189v. Apostle. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 156, fig. 6B12).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 14r. Bishop, holding book. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 7, fig. 23).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 262v. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 131. Bishop. Martyrdom, beating with iron bar. The executioner brandishes an iron bar. James, bleeding, has fallen at the foot of the steps of an ambo. The ambo is inscribed with a cross. At the top of the steps is a ciborium surmounted by a cross. (Menologio, I, p. 35, II, fig. p. 131).

Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 248v. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure in medallion forming the initial O. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 163, fig. 4F3).

Vienna, hist. gr. 6, fol. 3v. Bishop, holding book. (Mazal, Byzanz und Abendland, fig. 10; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 20, figs. 1A7, 1A9).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Bishop. Martyrdom, beating with iron bar. Church. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 351, fig. 62, pl. 236).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Bishop, holding book. Wearing polystavrion. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 58, fig. T II 35; Mijović, Menolog, p. 324, fig. 41).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 265, fig. 6, pl. 31).

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Theodota of Nicaea II and Socrates, Priest.

Theodota, martyred in Nicaea, and Socrates, martyred in Ancyra, under Alexander Severus.

Synax.CP, Oct. 23, par. 2 (cols. 157-8).

BHG 1780; BiblSS XII 305-7; Holweck 966; LCI VIII 455.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 132. 1) Martyrdom, beheading. 2) Theodota. Torture, burning in furnace. A torturer throws Theodota into a circular furnace. (Menologio, I, p. 35, II, fig. p. 132).

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Ignatius the Younger.
Ignatius of Constantinople.

Patriarch of Constantinople, 847-858, 867-877.

Synax.CP, Oct. 23, par. 3 (cols. 158-60).

BHG 817-8; BiblSS VII 665-72; Fedalto 6; Holweck 502; LCI VI 566-7; Nicol 50; ODB 983-4.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 262v. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 134. Bishop. Death. Ignatius lies on a bier before the Monastery of Satyrus. At left, domed church. (BiblSS VII, fig. cols. 669-70; Menologio, I, p. 36, II, fig. p. 134).

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