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The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 31

Marcian of Syracuse.

Said to be the first bishop of Syracuse. 1st or 3rd cen.

SEE ALSO: February 9.

Synax.CP, Oct. 31, par. 1 (cols. 179-81).

BHG 1030; BiblSS VIII 693-5; Holweck 652; LCI VII 493.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 263v. Bishop, holding book.

Epimachus of Alexandria.

Martyred at Alexandria under Decius.

Synax.CP, Oct. 31, par. 3 (col. 182); Oct. 30, Synax. selecta (cols. 177-8).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 31.

BHG 593-595; BiblSS VII 117-20; Holweck 441-2; LCI VI 418.

Istanbul, Greek Patriarchate, 80, fol. 258v. Torture. Epimachus is bound to a post. Initial A. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 115, fig. 6E11).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 256r. Martyr, holding cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 57, fig. 6C8).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 259v. Martyrdom, beheading. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 57, fig. 6C9).

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

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 263v. Martyr, holding cross.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 148. Oct. 30. Martyrdom, beheading. At left and right, arch and tempietto. (Menologio, I, p. 40, II, fig. p. 148).

Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 336r. Triumph. Epimachus, wearing tunic, pulls the beard of a male figure, and tramples on him. Initial A. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 164, fig. 4F10; Walter, "Triumph of the Martyrs," fig. 6).

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

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Oct. 30. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 267, fig. 6, pl. 36).

SEE ALSO:
Ampliatus of Macedonia, October 30
Stachys of Byzantium, October 30
Urban of Macedonia, October 30
Zenobius and Zenobia of Aegae, October 30