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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 30

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Stachys of Byzantium, Ampliatus of Macedonia, and Urban of Macedonia.

Disciples of Paul the Apostle. Three of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Oct. 30, par. 1 (col. 177); Oct. 31, Synax. selecta (cols. 179-84).

Stachys of Byzantium. Said to be bishop of Byzantium.

BiblSS XI 1361; Holweck 931; LCI VIII 389.

Ampliatus of Macedonia (Amphias of Macedonia). Bishop in Macedonia.

BiblSS I 1030-1; Holweck 64; LCI V 126.

Urban of Macedonia. Bishop in Macedonia.

BiblSS I 1030-1; Holweck 998; LCI VIII 516-7.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 263v. Stachys and Ampliatus (with Aristobulus of Rome, see below). Three apostles.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 151. Oct. 31. Bishops. 1) Stachys. Praying. 2) Ampliatus. Martyrdom, stabbing with spear. 3) Urban. Martyrdom, throat cut. The bodies of four co-martyrs lie on the ground. (Menologio, I, p. 40, II, fig. p. 151).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Oct. 31. 1) Stachys. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. 2) Ampliatus and Urban. Bishops, one wearing polystavrion. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 67, fig. T IV 12; Mijović, Menolog, p. 324, fig. 42, pl. 191).

Zenobius and Zenobia of Aegae.

Zenobius, a physician and bishop of Aegae in Cilicia, martyred with his sister Zenobia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Oct. 30, par. 2 (cols. 177-8); Oct. 31, Synax. selecta (cols. 179-80).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 30.

BHG 1884-5; BiblSS XII 1471-2; Fedalto 763; Holweck 1050; LCI VIII 638-9.

Istanbul, Greek Patriarchate, 80, fol. 254r. Zenobius. Torture. Bound to a post. Initial A. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 115, fig. 6E10).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 251v. Zenobius. Bishop, holding book. Zenobia. Woman saint, holding cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 57, fig. 6C7).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 256r. Martyrdom, beheading. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 57, fig. 6C8).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 15r. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 8, fig. 25).

Vatican, gr. 1156, vol. 263v. Zenobius. Martyr, holding cross.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 150. Oct. 31. Martyrdom, beheading. Zenobius, bishop, is about to be beheaded. Zenobia, hands bound behind her back, stands at left. (Menologio, I, p. 40, II, fig. p. 150).

Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 329v. Zenobius, bishop, holding book, and Zenobia, woman saint. Initial A. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 164, fig. 4F9).

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

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Martyrdom, beheading.¹⁰⁷ (Mijović, Menolog, p. 351, fig. 62, pl. 237).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 66, fig. T IV 6; Mijović, Menolog, p. 324, fig. 42, pl. 193).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Zenobius. Martyr, holding cross. Zenobia. Woman saint. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 267, fig. 6, pl. 39).

¹⁰⁷ Mijović, Menolog, p. 351, suggests this pair for Oct. 29.

Claudius, Asterius, Neon and Theonilla of Aegae.
Neonilla of Aegae.

Claudius, Asterius and Neon, brothers, martyred with Theonilla at Aegae in Cilicia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Oct. 30, par. 3 (col. 178); Oct. 29, Synax. selecta (cols. 171-2).

BHG 2069-2070; BiblSS IV 18; Holweck 217; LCI V 515.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 147. Oct. 29. Torture, suspension; beating with club. Clausius, Asterius and Neon, wearing loin cloths, are nailed by hands and feet to posts; a ladder stands against the wall nearby. Theonilla, bound, wearing loin cloth, is suspended by her hair and beaten with a club. (Menologio, I, pp. 39-40, II, fig. p. 147).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Oct. 29. Claudius and companions. Martyrs, two holding crosses. Four half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 267, fig. 6, pl. 37).

Cyriacus of Constantinople.

Patriarch of Constantinople, 596-606.

Synax.CP, Oct. 30, par. 4 (col. 178).

BiblSS III 1294-6; DHGE XIII 1167-8; Fedalto 5; Holweck 254.

Vat. gr. 1156, fol. 263v. Bishop.

Eutropia of Alexandria.

Virgin. Martyred at Alexandria under Decius.

Synax.CP, Oct. 30, par. 7 (col. 170).

BHG 593-595; BiblSS V 342-3; DHGE XVI 86; Holweck 352; LCI VI 203-4.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 149. Torture, suspension; burning with torches. Eutropia, wearing loin cloth, is suspended from rings by ropes tied around her wrists. Two torturers burn her with flaming torches. The half-figure of an angel, draped hands extended, appears above her head. Colonnaded building. (BiblSS V, fig. cols. 341-2; Menologio, I, p. 40, II, fig. p. 149).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Torture, suspension; burning with torches. Eutropia, wearing long loin cloth, is tied to a post. Two torturers burn her with flaming torches. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 267, fig. 9, pl. 92 [erroneous caption]).

Aristobulus of Rome.

Brother of Barnabas the Apostle. Paul the Apostle is said to have consecrated him bishop and sent him on a mission to Britain. One of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

SEE ALSO: March 15.

Synax.CP, Oct. 30, Synax. selecta (cols. 180-1).

BiblSS II 426; DHGE IV 194; Holweck 104; LCI V 245-6; ODCC 85.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 263v. Apostle (with Stachys of Byzantium and Ampliatus of Macedonia, see above).

SEE ALSO: Epimachus of Alexandria, October 31

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