The first pagan baptized by Peter the Apostle (Acts 10). Soldier. According to Byzantine tradition, he became bishop of Scepis in Hellespontus, and was martyred. 1st cen.
SEE ALSO: October 20.
Synax.CP, Sept. 13, par. 1 (cols. 37-40).
Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 13.
BHG 370y-371; BiblSS IV 189-92; Fedalto 149; Holweck 238; LCI VII 341-2.
London, British Library, Add. 11870, fol. 108r. In prison. Praying. Cornelius, wearing tunic, standing within prison walls, praying toward rays descending from arc of Heaven. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 121, fig. 3E1; Walter, "London September Metaphrast," pp. 19-20, fig. 18).
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230, fol. 3v. Bishop, holding book. (Hutter, I, p. 50, fig. 172; Hutter, III, p. 331; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 17, fig. 1A3).
Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 250r. Soldier, wearing helmet, holding spear and shield.
Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 110r. Death. Cornelius, wearing chiton and himation, lies on bed, flanked by mourners. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 177, fig. 5C12).
Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Translation of relics.90 Two monks seated behind a sarcophagus. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 14, fig. T III 4; Mijović, Menolog, p. 318, fig. 50).
90 Inscription destroyed. Identification suggested by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 14.
Martyred at Tomi in Mysia under Licinius.
Synax.CP, Sept. 13, par. 2 (cols. 40-1).
BiblSS XII 915-7; Holweck 1052; LCI VII 481.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 33. 1) Martyrdom, beheading; burning. Zoticus is already beheaded. Lucian bends forward before an executioner with a raised sword. Macrobius, Gordianus and three companions stand in flames. 2) Veneration of Relics. Valerian bends forward to kiss the gabled reliquary of the martyrs. (Menologio, I, pp. 11-2, II, fig. p. 33).
Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Zoticus and companions.91 Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 13, fig. T III 3; Mijović, Menolog, p. 318, fig. 50).
Gračanica. Northeast pier, east face. Lucian of Tomi?92 Martyr, holding cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 287, fig. 19; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 11).
91 Identified by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 13, on the basis of a new reading of the inscription. Mijović, Menolog, p. 318, identifies the scene as the martyrdom of Julian of Ancyra.
92 Živković, Sept. 13, Lucian. Not identified by Mijović or Todić.
Priest. Martyred under Licinius.
Synax.CP, Sept. 13, par. 3 (cols. 41-2); Sept. 12, Synax. selecta (cols. 37-8).
BiblSS VI 1197-8; Holweck 574; LCI VII 232.
Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 248v. Sept. 12. Wearing chiton and himation, holding scroll. (Weitzmann, "Byzantine Miniature and Icon Painting," pl. 33b [Studies, fig. 299]).
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 34. Priest. Martyrdom, beheading. Julian and 42 companions had taken refuge in a cave in the mountains; he left the cave to get water. His water jug is shown on the ground beside a stream flowing from the mountain. (BiblSS VI, fig. cols. 1199-1200; Menologio, I, p. 12, II, fig. p. 34).
Gračanica. Northeast pier, east face. Priest, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 287, fig. 19; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 11).
Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, east wall. Julian? Holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 9, pl. 19 [not identified]; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 110.3; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 84 [unidentified]).
Synax.CP, Sept. 13, Synaxaria selecta (cols. 37-42).
Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 248v. Three men approach an altar draped with an altar cloth. The first bends forward and kisses a cross with double traverse lying on the altar. To the right, a bishop, holding a book, makes a gesture of blessing. (Weitzmann, "Byzantine Miniature and Icon Painting," pl. 33b [Studies, fig. 299]).