The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 28

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Chariton of Palestine.
Chariton the Confessor.

Monk; abbot. Founder of monasteries in Palestine. Confessor. 4th cen.

Synax.CP, Sept. 28, par. 1 (cols. 85-6).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 28.

BHG 300z-301; BiblSS III 791-2; DHGE XII 421-3; Holweck 205; LCI V 487.

London, British Library, Add. 11870. Monk, holding scroll. Wall; two towers. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 123, fig. 3E11; Walter, "London September Metaphrast," p. 22, fig. 23).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230, fol. 3v. Monk, holding cross. (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. 11r. Torture, beating with clubs. Wearing loin cloth. (Hutter, II, p. 5, fig. 17).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 254v. Monk, holding cross.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 71. 1) Torture burning; beating with clubs. Chariton, prone over fire, hands and feet bound with ropes tied to pegs in the ground, is beaten with clubs. 2) In cave. Chariton, wearing monk's habit, is seated in a cave. (LCI V, fig. col. 487; Menologio, I, p. 21, II, fig. p. 71).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 276r. Monk, holding cross and scroll. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 179, fig. 5E10).

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

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Monk. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 29, fig. T II 16; Mijović, Menolog, p. 320, fig. 41).

Gračanica. Northeast pier, south face. Monk, holding scroll. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 21, pl. 116; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 15).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Monk. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 262, fig. 10; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 85).

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Alphaeus, Zosimus, Alexander and Mark of Calytus.
Alphius.

Alphaeus, Zosimus and Alexander. Brothers. Martyred with Mark, a shepherd, at Calytus in Pisidia under Diocletian.

Mark, SEE ALSO: September 21, May 22.

Synax.CP, Sept. 28, par. 2 (cols. 86-88).

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

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 72. Martyrdom, beheading. Mark is about to be beheaded. A co-martyr is already beheaded; the other two co-martyrs stand at the right. (Menologio, I, p. 21, II, fig. p. 72).

Gračanica. Northeast pier, south face. Martyrdom, beheading. Four companions have already been beheaded. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 21, pl. 116; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 15).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 262, fig. 10).

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