The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 29

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Cyriacus of Palestine.
Quiriacus of Palestine.

Hermit and abbot in Palestine.

Synax.CP, Sept. 29, par. 1 (cols. 87-9).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 29.

BHG 463-4; BiblSS III 1297-8; DHGE XIII 1167; Holweck 254; LCI VI 16.

London, British Library, Add. 11870, fol. 231r. Monk. Wears tunic and scapular but no mantle. Hands raised. Arcade; two pavilions. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 123, fig. 3E12; Walter, "London September Metaphrast," p. 22, fig. 24).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230, fol. 3v. Monk, wearing hood. The bust of Cyriacus is visible in the window of his cell. (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. Monk. Orant. (Hutter, II, p. 5, fig. 17).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 73. Monk. Orant. Standing in colonnaded cloister of Laura of Euthymius. (Menologio, I, pp. 21-2, II, fig. p. 73; Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," fig. 3).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 287v. Monk, holding cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 179, fig. 5E12).

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

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Monk. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 30, fig. T II 16; Mijović, Menolog, p. 320, fig. 41).

Gračanica. Northeast pier, east face. Monk. Orant. Three-quarter figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 19; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 16).

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Dadas, Gobdelas and Casdoa of Persia.

Martyred in Persia under Shapur II.

Synax.CP, Sept. 29, par. 2 (cols. 89-90).

BHG 480-480f; BiblSS IV 421; Holweck 259; LCI VI 415.

Vatican, gr. 1613, missing folio between pp. 73-4. Dadas, Gobdelas and Casdoa? (Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," p. 251).

Gračanica. Northeast pier, east face. Dadas and Gobdelas. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 291, fig. 19; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 16).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Dadas and Gobdelas. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 262, fig. 10; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 85).

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