The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for October 8

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Pelagia the Penitent.
Pelagia of Jerusalem.

Penitent. Disguised monk. 5th cen.

Synax.CP, Oct. 8, par. 1 (cols. 117-8).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Oct. 8.

BHG 1478-1479m; BiblSS X 432-9; Holweck 788; LCI VIII 152-3; ODB 1618; ODCC 1058.

Istanbul, Greek Patriarchate, 80, fol. 53r. Woman saint. Initial {G}. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 112, fig. 6D3).

Moscow, gr. 175, fol. 50r. Woman saint. Damaged. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 54, fig. 6A8).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 12v. Woman saint. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 6, fig. 20).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 98. 1) Conversion. Pelagia, wearing rich garments including a brocade mantle and jewelled diadem, stands before St. Nonnus, bishop of Edessa, who is seated on a faldstool. Basilican church. 2) Praying. Pelagia, nun, praying before a domed baptistery. (Menologio, I, p. 27, II, fig. p. 98).

Vatican, gr. 1679, fol. 65r. Woman saint. Initial {G}. (BiblSS X, fig. cols. 433-4; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 162, fig. 4E2).

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

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Conversion. Pelagia, wearing a high headdress, bows before Nonnus, bishop of Edessa, who is seated in a high-backed chair. Beside him, a deacon, holding a candlestick. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 42, fig. T IV 3; Mijović, Menolog, p. 322, fig. 42, pl. 184).

Gračanica. Southwest pier, east face. Nun, holding cross. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 24; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 16).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall, soffit. Holding cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 263, fig. 15).

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Pelagia of Tarsus.

Virgin. Martyred at Tarsus under Diocletian.

SEE ALSO: May 5.

Synax.CP, Oct. 8, par. 2 (cols. 118-9).

BHG 1480; BiblSS X 440-1; Holweck 787-8; LCI VIII 153; ODB 1618; ODCC 1058.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 96. Martyrdom, burning in brazen bull. Orant. (Menologio, I, p. 27, II, fig. p. 96).

Gračanica. Southwest pier, east face. Nun. Martyrdom, burning in brazen bull. Orant. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 24; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101, pl. 8; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 16).

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

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Pelagia the Virgin.

Virgin. Martyred at Antioch under Numerian.

Synax.CP, Oct. 8, par. 3 (col. 120).

BHG 1477-1477d; BiblSS X 430-2; Holweck 788; LCI VIII 152; ODB 1618; ODCC 1058.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 12v. Nun. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 6, fig. 20).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 256v. Nun, holding cross.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 97. Martyrdom, stabbing with spear. Pelagia stands praying. Two executioners are about to stab her with spears. City of Antioch; two churches, one domed, one basilican. (Menologio, I, p. 27, II, fig. p. 97).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Nun?⁹⁹ (Mijović, Menolog, p. 351, fig. 62, pl. 237).

Gračanica. Southwest pier, east face. Nun, holding cross. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 24; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 16).

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

⁹⁹ As Mijović, Menolog, p. 351, points out, the inscription gives only the name Pelagia, so it is not certain which of the three Pelagias of Oct. 8 is represented.

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Nicodemus of Jerusalem.

Pharisee. Teacher of Israel. Assisted Joseph of Arimathea in the deposition and burial of Christ. Martyr. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Oct. 8, par. 6 (col. 122)

BiblSS IX 905-8; Holweck 739; LCI VIII 44.

Gračanica. Southwest pier, west face. Martyr, holding cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 293, fig. 23, pl. 124; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 14).

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Petronilla of Rome.
Petronia of Rome.

Virgin. Said to be the daughter of Peter the Apostle. Martyr. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Oct. 8, par. 7 (col. 122).

BiblSS X 514-21; Holweck 807; LCI VIII 157; ODS 352.

Gračanica. Southwest pier, west face. Nun, holding cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 293, fig. 23, pl. 124; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 14).

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Theodoretus of Antioch.

Priest at Antioch. Martyred under Julian the Apostate.

SEE ALSO: March 2.

Not in Synax.CP for Oct. 8.

BHG 2425; BiblSS XII 228; Holweck 964.

Gračanica. Southwest pier, west face. Bishop, holding book. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 293, fig. 23, pl. 123; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 14).

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