The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 7

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Sergius and Bacchus of Syria.

Soldiers. Martyred in Syria under Maximian.

Synax.CP, Oct. 7, par. 1 (cols. 115-6).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 7.

BHG 1624-1625; BiblSS XI 876-9; Holweck 901; LCI VIII 329-30; ODB 1879.

Istanbul, Greek Patriarchate, 80, fol. 39v. Wearing loin cloths. Initial M. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 112, fig. 6D2).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 37v. Martyrs, holding spears. (Likhachova, Byzantine Miniatures, pl. 17; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 53, fig. 6A7).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 50r. Martyrdom, beheading. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 53, fig. 6A8).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 12r. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 6, fig. 19).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 256v. Martyrs, holding crosses and swords.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 95. Martyrdom, beheading. Bacchus is about to be beheaded. Sergius stands, bound, at right. (Menologio, I, p. 27, II, fig. p. 95).

Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 48v. Martyrs, holding spears. The two hold a sword between them. Initial M. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 162, fig. 4E1).

Vienna, hist. gr. 6, fol. 3v. Martyrs. Holding spears and sheathed swords. (Mazal, Byzanz und Abendland, fig. 10; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 19, figs. 1A7-8).

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

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. 1) Sergius. Torture, spiked boots. 2) Bacchus. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 41, fig. T IV 2; Mijović, Menolog, p. 322, fig. 42, pl. 184).

Gračanica. South aisle, northwest pilaster. Martyrs. Holding spears and sheathed swords. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 24; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV west side).

SEE ALSO: Nicetas the Patrician,

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