The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 22

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Quadratus of Athens.
Codratus of Athens.

Bishop. Later tradition identifies him as bishop of Athens or of Magnesia in Asia. One of the Seventy Apostles. Martyred under Hadrian.

Synax.CP, Sept. 22, par. 1 (col. 67); Sept. 21, Synaxaria selecta (cols. 65-66).

BiblSS X 1265-9; Fedalto 489; Holweck 840; LCI VII 328; ODCC 1149.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 10r. Sept. 21. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 5, fig. 15).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 253v. Sept. 21. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 56. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. Building. (Menologio, I, p. 17, II, fig. p. 56).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 23, fig. T I 4; Mijović, Menolog, p. 320, fig. 47, pl. 168).

Gračanica. Northwest pier, east face. Sept. 21. Holding closed scroll. 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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Phocas of Sinope.

Bishop of Sinope in Helenopontus. Martyred under Trajan. Often confused with Phocas the Gardener.

SEE ALSO: July 6.

Synax.CP, Sept. 22, par. 3 (cols. 69-70).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 22.

BHG 1535y-1537d; BiblSS V 948-50; Fedalto 83; Holweck 815; LCI VIII 210; ODB 1666-7; ODCC 1086.

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. 18, fig. 1A3).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 10v. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. Two companions have already been beheaded. (Hutter, II, p. 5, fig. 16).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 253v. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 58. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. Bonfire. Building. (Menologio, I, pp. 17-8, II, fig. p. 58).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 180v. Martyrdom, beheading. Phocas, wearing tunic, lies on the ground, his head severed from his body. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 178, fig. 5D12).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, south side. Fragmentary scene. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 350, fig. 64).

Gračanica. Southeast pier, north face. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figure, surrounded by flames. (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. Martyrdom, burning. Praying. Standing figure, surrounded by flames. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 10, pl. 21; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 85).

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Priscus, Martyr.

Martyr. Time and place unknown. Commemorated in Constantinople.

Synax.CP, Sept. 22, par. 4 (col. 70).

BiblSS X 1124-5; LCI VIII 225.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 57. Martyr. Martyrdom, beheading. Tempietto. (Menologio, I, p. 17, II, fig. p. 57).

SEE ALSO:
Jonah, September 21
Jonah the Sabbaite, September 21

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