The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 3

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Dionysius the Areopagite.

First bishop of Athens. Martyred with his disciples Eleutherius and Rusticus under Domitian. In the Middle Ages, identified with Denis, the first bishop of Paris.

Synax.CP, Oct. 3, par. 1 (cols. 101-3).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 3.

BHG 554-558m; BiblSS IV 634-7; Fedalto 489; Holweck 280; LCI VI 60-1; ODB 629; ODCC 405.

Istanbul, Greek Patriarchate, 80, fol. 20v. Bishop. Bust. Initial {PI}. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 112, fig. 6C11).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 19v. Bishop, holding book. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 53, fig. 6A4).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 28r. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. Soldier sheathing sword. Dionysius holds his nimbed severed head in his hands. Two bishops stand at the right. (Likhachova, Byzantine Miniatures, pl. 16; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 53, fig. 6A5).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 11v. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 6, fig. 18).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 255v. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 82. Martyrdom, beheading. Dionysius holds his severed head in his draped hands. At right, Catulla holds a shroud to receive his head. At left, the bodies and severed heads of Rusticus and Eleutherius lie on the ground. Building. (Menologio, I, pp. 23-4, II, fig. p. 82).

Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 25v. Martyrdom, beheading. The executioner, brandishing a sword, grasps the kneeling saint by the ear. Initial {PI}. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 161, fig. 4D10).

Vienna, hist. gr. 6, fol. 3v. Bishop, holding book. (Mazal, Byzanz und Abendland, fig. 10; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 19, figs. 1A7-8).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 350, fig. 62, pl. 237).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 35, fig. T II 32; Mijović, Menolog, p. 320, fig. 41, pl. 180).

Gračanica. South aisle, northwest pilaster. Bishop, wearing polystavrion. Holding book. Orant. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 24; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV west side).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall, soffit. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 263, fig. 15).

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Dionysius of Alexandria and companions.

Synax.CP, Oct. 3, par. 2 (cols. 102-4); Oct. 4, Synax. selecta (cols. 103-8).

Dionysius of Alexandria (Dionysius the Great). Bishop of Alexandria, 247-265. Confessor.

BiblSS IV 639-42; DHGE XIV 248-53; Fedalto 582; Holweck 280; ODCC 406; LCI VI 60.

Caius (Gaius), Faustus, Eusebius and Chaeraemon of Alexandria. Deacons. Disciples of Dionysius of Alexandria. Martyred under Decius.

BiblSS III 655-7; Holweck 182; LCI VI 342.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 86. Oct. 4. Dionysius. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, pp. 24-5, II, fig. p. 86).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 87. Oct. 4. 1) Eusebius. Torture, iron claws. Eusebius, wearing loin cloth, is bound to post. 2) Chaeraemon. Torture, beating with club. Chaeraemon, wearing loin cloth, lies prone on the ground, wrists and ankles tied to pegs. 3) Caius and Faustus. Martyrdom, stoning. (Menologio, I, p. 25, II, fig. p. 87).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall, soffit. Dionysius. Bishop, wearing polystavrion. Holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 263, fig. 15).

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