Synax.CP, Oct. 24, par. 1 (cols. 159-61).
Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 24.
Arethas of Nagran. Soldier. Martyred with companions at Nagran in Arabia by Dunaan of Himyar. d. ca. 520.
BHG 166-167a; BiblSS II 401-3; Holweck 102; LCI V 242-3; ODB 162-3.
Elesbaan of Ethiopia. King of Ethiopia. Martyred in ca. 555.
BiblSS IV 1002; Holweck 308; LCI VI 114.
Moscow, gr. 175, missing folio between fol. 196-7. Arethas. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 49, 227 n. 123).
Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 216v. Martyrdom, beheading. Arethas, bound, is about to be beheaded. Four co-martyrs have already been beheaded. A group await martyrdom at the right. (Bank and Popova, Iskusstvo Vizantii, II, fig. p. 51; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 56, fig. 6C1).
Mount Athos, Esphigmenou 14, fol. 136r. 1) Arethas and companions. Martyrdom, beheading; burning. Dunaan of Himyar, crowned, is seated on a faldstool. Behind him, two attendants stand in front of a building. Dunaan orders the execution of Arethas and a woman of Najran. The son of the woman of Najran, whom Dunaan had offered to spare, bites him on the leg. In the center, Arethas is about to be beheaded. At right, the woman of Najran, hands raised, stands within a blazing furnace. Her son plunges into the flames at the side of the furnace. A woman and four youths look on. 2) Elesbaan of Ethiopia. In Prison. Four Ethiopians, two carrying battle axes and spears, one bannered, are seated in two boats. On the shore, a group of soldiers, wearing armor and helmets and carrying spears, one bannered, draw back. In the center, Elesbaan, wearing crown, hands raised, is seated on a bench, flanked by two men, their necks linked with a chain. Behind them, the prison. At the right, the walled city of Najran. (Pelekanides, Treasures, II, fig. 334).
Mount Athos, Esphigmenou 14, fol. 136v. 1) Siege of City of Najran. Dunaan of Himyar, wearing armor and helmet, holding a spear, rides toward the city of Najran at the head of a group of foot soldiers, wearing armor, one holding spear and shield, another holding a bannered spear. Within the city walls, Arethas and a group of men and women can be seen. 2) Fall of City of Najran. A soldier on horseback, followed by a group of foot soldiers, one holding spear and helmet, supervises a guard who is pushing forward a group of bound Christians from Najran. At right, the city of Najran, within which other Christians can be seen. (Pelekanides, Treasures, II, fig. 333).
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 14v. Martyrdom, beheading. With companions. (Hutter, II, p. 7, fig. 24).
Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 262v. Arethas. Martyr, holding cross.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 135. Arethas. Martyr. Martyrdom, beheading. A large number of his companions await beheading. (Menologio, I, p. 36, II, fig. p. 134).
Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 259r. Arethas. Soldier, holding spear and shield. On the right of Arethas, a standing bishop, holding a book. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 164, fig. 4F4).
Vienna, hist. gr. 6, fol. 3v. Arethas. Soldier, holding spear and sheathed sword. (Mazal, Byzanz und Abendland, fig. 10; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 20, figs. 1A7, 1A9).
Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 351, fig. 62, pl. 236).
Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Arethas. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 59, fig. T II 36; Mijović, Menolog, p. 324, fig. 41).
Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Arethas and two companions. Martyrs, holding crosses. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 265, fig. 9, pl. 33).
Martyred at an unknown time and place.
Synax.CP, Oct. 24, par. 3 (col. 162); Oct. 26, Synax. selecta (cols. 163-4).
BiblSS VIII 746; Holweck 663; LCI VII 564.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 140. Oct. 26. Torture, dragging. The three martyrs, prone, are dragged by ropes tied around their wrists. (Menologio, I, pp. 37-8, II, fig. p. 140).
Patriarch of Constantinople, 434-446.
SEE ALSO: November 20.
Synax.CP, Oct. 24, Synax. selecta (cols. 161-2).
BiblSS X 1141-50; Fedalto 4; Holweck 834; LCI VIII 228; Nicol 108; ODB 1729; ODCC 1129-30.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 136. Bishop. Death. The body of Proclus is lying on a bier, flanked by candles in candlesticks. At left, tower with balustrade lit by candles. At right, domed church, with cross above gable. (Menologio, I, pp. 36-7, II, fig. p. 136).
Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 265, fig. 9, pl. 33).
SEE ALSO: Anna, Theodota and Glyceria, Martyrs, October 22