The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 11

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Theodora of Alexandria.

Penitent in Alexandria. Disguised monk. Late 5th cen.

Synax.CP, Sept. 11, par. 1 (cols. 33-5).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 11.

BHG 1727-1730; BiblSS XII 220-1; Holweck 958; LCI VIII 453.

London, British Library, Add. 11870, fol. 90v. Nun, holding cross. Arcade; buildings. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 121, fig. 3D11; Walter, "London September Metaphrast," p. 21, fig. 21).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230, fol. 3v. Woman saint, (Hutter, I, p. 50, fig. 172; Hutter, III, p. 331; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 17, fig. 1A3).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 9r. Nun. Orant. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 4, fig. 13).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 248v. Woman saint, holding cross. (Weitzmann, "Byzantine Miniature and Icon Painting," pl. 33b [Studies, fig. 299]).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 29. Nun. Orant. Wall and tower. (Menologio, I, pp. 10-11, II, fig. p. 29).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 92v. Nun, holding cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 177, fig. 5C8).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, south side. Nun. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 349, fig. 64).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Nun. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 11, fig. T III 1; Mijović, Menolog, p. 318, fig. 50).

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Ia of Persia.

Virgin. Martyred in Persia under Shapur II, ca. 360.

Synax.CP, Sept. 11, par. 2 (cols. 35-6).

BHG 761-2; BiblSS VII 616-8; Holweck 499; LCI VII 21.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 9r. Ia? Woman saint, holding cross. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 4 [unidentified], fig. 13).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 28. Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, p. 10, II, fig. p. 28).

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Diodorus and Didymus of Laodicea.

Martyred at Laodicea in Syria at an unknown time.

Synax.CP, Sept. 11, par. 3 (col. 36).

BiblSS IV 625-6; DHGE XIV 416; Holweck 276-7; LCI VI 57-8.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 27. Torture, beating with clubs; iron claws. Diodorus or Didymus, wearing loin cloth, prone, wrists and ankles tied to stakes, is beaten with a club, the other, also wearing loin cloth, bound to a post with suppedaneum, is scraped with an iron claw. (Menologio, I, p. 10, II, fig. p. 27).

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Adoration of the Cross.

Synax.CP, Sept. 11, Synaxaria selecta (cols. 33-6).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 248v. Three men approach an altar draped with an altar cloth, bending forward, hands raised, over cross with double traverse lying on the altar. To the right are two bishops, holding books. The first bishop makes a gesture of blessing. (Weitzmann, "Byzantine Miniature and Icon Painting," pl. 33b [Studies, fig. 299]).

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