The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 21

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Jonah.

Prophet.

Synax.CP, Sept. 21, par. 1 (cols. 63-4); Sept. 22, Synaxaria selecta (cols. 67-70).

BHG 941-941g; BiblSS VI 492-500; Holweck 559-60; LCI VII 199; ODB 1071.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 253v. Sept. 22. Prophet, holding open scroll. Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 59. Sept. 22. Jonah under the gourd vine; Jonah cast up. City of Nineveh. (BiblSS VI, fig. cols. 497-8; Menologio, I, p. 18, II, fig. p. 59).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Prophet, holding scroll inscribed with Jonah 2:3. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 22, fig. T I 3; Mijović, Menolog, p. 318, fig. 47, pl. 168).

Gračanica. Southeast pier, north face. Sept. 22. Prophet, holding scroll. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 289, fig. 20; Petković, "Gračanica," fig. 2; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 50b, II, pl. LXV; Todić, Gračanica, p. 99; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southeast 15).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Jonah? Sept. 22? Prophet, holding scroll. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 10, pl. 21 [not identified]).

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Jonah the Sabbaite.
Jonah the Presbyter, Jonah Thaumaturgus.

Priest. Monk at the Monastery of St. Sabas in the Judean desert. Father of Theodore and Theophanes Graptoi. 9th cen.

Synax.CP, Sept. 21, par. 2 (col. 65); Sept. 22, Synaxaria selecta (cols. 67-70).

BiblSS VI 502-3; Holweck 560; LCI VII 200-201.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 253v. Sept. 22. Priest, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 60. Sept. 22. Monk. Praying before Hand of God emerging from arc of Heaven. Monastery of St. Sabas with church. (Menologio, I, p. 18, II, fig. p. 60).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Monk, holding closed scroll. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 22, fig. T I 3; Mijović, Menolog, p. 318, fig. 47, pl. 168).

Gračanica. Southeast pier, north face. Sept. 22. Monk. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 289, fig. 20; Petković, "Gračanica," fig. 2; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 50b, II, pl. LXV; Todić, Gračanica, p. 99; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southeast 15).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Jonah the Sabbaite?⁹⁴ Sept. 22? Monk, holding scroll. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 10, pl. 21 [not identified]).

⁹⁴ Part of inscription legible in Mijović, pl. 21.

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Theodore, Philippa, and companions of Perge.

Theodore, a soldier, martyred with his mother, Philippa, and other soldiers at Perge under Antoninus Pius.

Synax.CP, Sept. 21, par. 3 (cols. 65-6).

BHG 1747-1747b; BiblSS XII 276-7; Holweck 962; LCI VIII 452.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 55. 1) Philippa and two co-martyrs. Martyrdom, beheading. 2) Theodore. Martyrdom, crucifixion. To right, bonfire. (Menologio, I, p. 17, II, fig. p. 55).

Gračanica. Northwest pier, east face. Theodore. Martyrdom, crucifixion; arrows. Theodore, nailed to a cross, is shot by executioners armed with bow and arrows. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 289, fig. 24, pl. 122; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 54b; Todić, Gračanica, p. 102; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northwest 12).

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Isaac and Meletius of Cyprus.

Bishops of Cyprus. Time unknown.

Synax.CP, Sept. 21, par. 5 (cols. 67-8).

BiblSS IX 303-4; Holweck 511, 701; LCI VIII 1.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 54. Bishops, holding books. Building with two towers. (BiblSS IX, fig. cols. 303-4; Menologio, I, pp. 16-7, II, fig. p. 54).

Gračanica. Northwest pier, east face. Miletius. Martyr, holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 289, fig. 24; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 54b; Todić, Gračanica, p. 102; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northwest 12).

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Virgin Mary.

Synaxary of the Theotokos church in the Petra quarter, Constantinople.

Not in Synax.CP.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 253v. Virgin Mary. Orant.

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Mark of Calytus.

Shepherd. Martyred with three brothers, Alphaeus, Zosimus and Alexander at Calytus in Pisidia under Diocletian.

SEE ALSO: September 28, May 22.

Not in Synax.CP for Sept. 21.

BHG 63; BiblSS I 834-5; DHGE II 676; Holweck 662; LCI VII 563.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Mark. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 10, pl. 21; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 85).

SEE ALSO: Quadratus of Athens, September 22

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