The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 2

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Mamas of Caesarea.
Mammas; Mamantos; Mammetos; Mammès.

Shepherd. Megalomartyr. Martyred at Caesarea in Cappadocia under Aurelian.

Synax.CP, Sept. 2, par. 1 (cols. 5-7).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 2.

BHG 1017z-1022; BiblSS VIII 592-608; Holweck 643-4; LCI VII 483-5; ODB 1277-8.

London, British Library, Add. 11870, fol. 35r. Miniature cut out.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230, fol. 3v. Martyr, holding cross. (Hutter, I, p. 49, fig. 172; Hutter, III, p. 331; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 17, fig. 1A3).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 7v. Martyrdom, beheading. Four companions have already been beheaded. (Hutter, II, p. 3, fig. 11).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 243r. Shepherd, holding crook. Four sheep.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 5. Martyrdom, stabbing with spear. Mamas holds his intestines in his hands. City of Caesarea; church. (Menologio, I, p. 5, II, fig. p. 5).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 35r. Martyrdom, stabbed with spear. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 175, fig. 5B4).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, south side. Martyrdom, stabbed with spear. Fragmentary scene. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 349, fig. 64).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Martyrdom, stabbed with spear. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 2, fig. T I 2; Mijović, Menolog, p. 316, fig. 47, pl. 168).

Gračanica. Southeast pier, south face. Martyr, holding cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 285, fig. 18; Todić, Gračanica, p. 99; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southeast 10).

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John the Faster and Paul IV of Constantinople.

Synax.CP, Sept. 2, par. 2 (cols. 7-8).

John the Faster (John IV of Constantinople; John Nesteutes; John Jejeunator). Patriarch of Constantinople, 582-595.

BHG 893; BiblSS VI 935-7; Fedalto 5; Holweck 544; LCI VI 130; Nicol 60; ODCC 749.

Paul IV of Constantinople. Patriarch of Constantinople, 780-784.

SEE ALSO: August 30.

BiblSS X 294-5; Fedalto 6; Holweck 782-3; LCI VIII 148; Nicol 103.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 7v. John the Faster. Bishop. Bust. The second bishop (almost entirely destroyed), not inscribed, is probably Paul the Younger. (Hutter, II, p. 3 [Paul not identified], fig. 11).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 243r. John the Faster and Paul the Younger. Bishops, holding books.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 6. John the Faster. Bishop. Orant. Standing before a building. (LCI VII, fig. col. 130; Menologio, I, p. 5, II, fig. p. 6).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. John the Faster. Bishop, holding book. Standing before a building. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 2, fig. T I 2; Mijović, Menolog, p. 316, fig. 47, pl. 168).

Gračanica. Southeast pier, south face. John the Faster. (Mijović, Menolog,p. 285, fig. 18; Todić, Gračanica, p. 99; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI sud-est 10).

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