The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 28

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Terentius and Neonilla of Carthage.

Husband and wife. Martyred with companions in Carthage under Decius.

SEE ALSO: April 10.

Synax.CP, Oct. 28, par. 3 (cols. 169-70).

BHG 1700; BiblSS XII 377-8; Holweck 949; LCI VIII 423.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 15r. Terentius. Martyrdom, beheading. With companions, including two children standing at the left. (Hutter, II, p. 8, fig. 25).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 263r. Terentius, Neonilla and two of their children. Martyrs, holding crosses.

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

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Terentius and Neonilla. Martyrs, holding crosses. Half-figures. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 64, fig. T IV 4; Mijović, Menolog, p. 324, fig. 42, pl. 193).

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Stephen the Sabbaite, Hymnographer.

Monk at the Monastery of St. Sabas in the Judean Desert. Hymnographer. Miracle worker. Nephew of John of Damascus. d. after 807.

SEE ALSO: July 13.

Synax.CP, Oct. 28, par. 8 (col. 170).

BiblSS XII 13; Holweck 935; LCI VIII 406.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 263r. Stephen, Peter and Andrew. Three martyrs, holding crosses. Error?

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Cyriacus and Anna of Jerusalem.
Quiriacus of Jerusalem.

Judas, a Jew, revealed the location of the Cross to the Empress Helena. He was converted to Christianity, and changed his name to Cyriacus. He is said to have become bishop of Jerusalem. He was martyred with his mother Anna under Julian the Apostate.

Synax.CP, Oct. 28, par. 10 (cols. 170-1).

BHG 465-465b; BiblSS III 1296-7; Holweck 253; LCI VI 15.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 144. 1) Anna. Torture, suspension; iron claws. Anna, wearing loin cloth, is suspended by her hair, while a torturer scrapes her flesh. 2) Cyriacus. Bishop. Torture, boiling in oil. Martyrdom, stabbing with spear. Cyriacus stands in a cauldron of oil placed in a bonfire, while an executioner stabs him in the chest with a spear. (Menologio, I, p. 39, II, fig. p. 144).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Cyriacus. Bishop, holding book. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 64, fig. T IV 4; Mijović, Menolog, p. 324, fig. 42, pl. 193).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Priest, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 267, fig. 6, pl. 37).

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John Chozibita.

Hermit on Mount Choziba. Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine. 6th cen.

Synax.CP, Oct. 28, par. 11 (col. 172).

BHG 2186; BiblSS VI 661-3; Fedalto 1015; Holweck 546; LCI VII 93.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 145. Monk. Praying. (Menologio, I, p. 39, II, fig. p. 145; Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," fig. 19).

SEE ALSO: Anastasia the Elder, October 29

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