The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 5

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Zacharias.

Priest and prophet. Husband of Elizabeth and father of John the Baptist.

SEE ALSO: February 11 (Translation of Relics).

Synax.CP, Sept. 5, par. 1 (cols. 15-16).

BHG 1881-1881x; BiblSS XII 1443-5; Holweck 1046; LCI VIII 634-6.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 7v. Zacharias slain at altar. High priest. Throat cut with knife, before altar under a ciborium. (Hutter, II, p. 3, fig. 11).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 245r. High priest holding censer and pyxis, with John the Baptist holding an open scroll.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 14. Zacharias slain at altar. High priest. Throat cut with knife, before altar draped with altar cloth inscribed with cross, under a pyramidal ciborium. Building. (Menologio, I, p. 7, II, fig. p. 14).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, south side. Zacharias slain at altar? Only the ciborium and altar, and a church in the background remain. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 64 [not identified]).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, soffit. Zacharias slain at altar. High priest, wearing vestment with pseudo-Hebrew inscriptions. Zacharias has been beheaded in front of an altar before a ciborium surmounted by a cross. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 5, fig. T II 11; Mijović, Menolog, p. 316, fig. 41, pl. 167).

Gračanica. Southeast pier, north face. Zacharias slain at altar. High priest. Throat cut with knife before altar under a ciborium. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 286, fig. 20; Petković, "Gračanica," p. 79, fig. 6; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 50b; Todić, Gračanica, p. 99; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southeast 12).

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Cyril of Gortyna.

Bishop of Gortyna in Crete, ca. 280-304. Martyred under Maximian.

SEE ALSO: June 14, July 9.

Synax.CP, Sept. 5, par. 2 (col. 17); Sept. 6, Synaxaria selecta (cols. 19-22).

BHG 467-467b; BiblSS III 1321-2; Fedalto 535; Holweck 256.

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 245r. Sept. 6. Bishop, holding book, flanked by deacon, holding censer and pyxis, and bishop, holding book.

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Abdas and Benjamin of Persia.

Abdas (Abdias), bishop of Ergol, and his deacon Benjamin, martyred under Yazdgard I.

SEE ALSO: March 31.

Synax.CP, Sept. 5, par. 3 (cols. 17-18).

BHG Nov. Auct. 2000e; BiblSS I 40-2; Holweck 2, 150; LCI V 3, 367.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 15. Martyrdom. Abdas, wounded, wearing loin cloth, laid on bed in landscape. Church with cross on gable. (Menologio, I, p. 7, II, fig. p. 15).

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Thuthael and Babaea of Edessa.
Sarbelius of Edessa.

Brother and sister martyred in Edessa under Trajan. Thuthael is probably identical with Sarbelius, martyred with Babaea of Edessa (Jan. 29).

SEE ALSO: October 15, January 29.

Synax.CP, Sept. 5, par. 4 (col. 18).

BiblSS XI 651-3; Holweck 885; LCI VIII 493.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 7v. Thuthael and Babaea? Martyrs, holding crosses. Busts. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 3 [unidentified], fig. 11).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 16. Martyrdom. Thuthael, sawing; Babaea, stabbing with spear in neck. Babaea lies on the ground; Thuthael is tied to a post. (Menologio, I, p. 7, II, fig. p. 16).

SEE ALSO: Theodora (Theodore) of Candaula and companions, September 4

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