The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 16

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Euphemia of Chalcedon.

Virgin. Martyred at Chalcedon in Bithynia in 303.

SEE ALSO: July 11.

Synax.CP, Sept. 16, par. 1 (cols. 47-9).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 16.

BHG 619-624n; BiblSS V 154-62; DHGE XV 1409-10; Holweck 340; LCI VI 182-5; ODB 747-8; ODCC 481.

London, British Library, Add. 11870, fol. 121v. Martyrdom, burning. Nude. Orant. Standing in flames. Buildings. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 122, fig. 3E3; Walter, "London September Metaphrast," pp. 18-9, fig. 15).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230, fol. 3v. Woman saint, holding cross. (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. 9v. Woman saint. Among wild beasts. Orant. Two lions at her feet. (Hutter, II, p. 4, fig. 14).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 252v. Euphemia. Nun, holding cross. (BiblSS I, fig. cols. 141-2).

Vatican, gr. 1613, missing folio between pp. 41-2. Euphemia? (Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," p. 250).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 124r. Nun. Among wild beasts. Two lions at her feet, a third attacks her thigh. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 177, fig. 5D4).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, soffit. 1) Martyrdom, burning in furnace. Orant. Standing in furnace. Two women stand beside her. 2) Martyrdom of companions, beheading. Two men have been beheaded. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 17, fig. T IV 9; Mijović, Menolog, p. 318, fig. 42, pl. 175).

Gračanica. Southwest pier, south face. Nun, holding cross. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 287, fig. 18, pl. 117; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 11).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, south wall. Nun, holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 260, fig. 11, pl. 26; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 84).

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Martin I of Rome.

Pope, 649-53. Martyr. d. 655.

SEE ALSO: April 13.

Synax.CP, Sept. 16, par. 2 (cols. 49-50); Sept. 15, Synaxaria selecta (cols. 47-8).

BHG 2259-61; BiblSS VIII 1293-8; Holweck 668; LCI VII 571; ODB 1307; ODCC 880; ODP 73-5; ODS 288-9.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 40. Sept. 15. Bishop. Tonsured. Orant. City of Cherson. (BiblSS VIII, fig. cols. 1295-6; Menologio, I, p. 13, II, fig. p. 40).

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Sebastiana of Heraclea.

Virgin. Baptized by Apostle Paul. Martyred at Heraclea under Domitian.

Synax.CP, Sept. 16, par. 3 (col. 50).

BHG 1619; BiblSS XI 771-2; Holweck 890.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 9v. Sebastiana? Woman saint, holding cross. Bust. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 4 [unidentified], fig. 14).

Vatican, gr. 1613, missing folio between pp. 41-42. Sebastiana? (Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," p. 250).

Gračanica. Southwest pier, east face. Sept. 17. Woman saint, holding cross. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 287, fig. 24; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 53b; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 12).

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Melitina of Marcianopolis.

Martyred at Marcianopolis in Moesia under Antoninus Pius.

Synax.CP, Sept. 16, par. 4 (cols. 50-2).

BiblSS IX 306-7; Holweck 702; LCI VIII 2.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 9v. Melitina? Woman saint. Bust. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 4 [unidentified], fig. 14).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 42. Martyrdom, beheading. Breaking idols. At left, a cave. At right, a shrine where two idols (statues of nude male divinities) fall through Melitina's prayers. (BiblSS IX, fig. cols. 305-6; Menologio, I, p. 14, II, fig. p. 42).

Gračanica. Southwest pier, south face. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 287, fig. 18, pl. 117; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 11).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 260, fig. 11; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 84).

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Titus of Gortyna.

Disciple of Paul the Apostle. Bishop of Gortyna in Crete, 67-ca.106. One of the Seventy Apostles.

SEE ALSO: August 25.

Not in Synax.CP for Sept. 16.

BHG 1850z-1852; BiblSS XII 503-5; Fedalto 535; Holweck 986; LCI VIII 496.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, south wall. Titus of Gortyna?⁹³ Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. Name inscribed Titus of Rome. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 260, fig. 11, pl. 26; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 84).

SEE ALSO:
Council of Constantinople III, 680-681, September 18
Porphyrius the Mime, September 15

⁹³ Mijović, Menolog, p. 260, considers this figure a different Titus, martyred in Rome. Titus of Gortyna accompanied Paul the Apostle to Rome. His place of death is uncertain.

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