The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 7

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Sozon of Pompeiopolis.

Shepherd from Lycaonia. Megalomartyr. Martyred at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia under Maximian.

Synax.CP, Sept. 7, par. 1 (cols. 21-3).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 7.

BHG 1643-4; BiblSS XI 1336-7; Holweck 387; LCI VIII 387.

London, British Library, Add. 11870, fol. 74r. Torture, beating with clubs. Sozon nude, prone on ground. Maximian watches from window in tower. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 121, fig. 3D8; Walter, "London September Metaphrast," p. 18, fig. 14).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230, fol. 3v. Sept. 8. Martyr, holding cross. (Hutter, I, p. 50, fig. 172; Hutter, III, p. 331; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 17, fig. 1A3).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 8r. Torture, stoning. (Hutter, II, p. 3, fig. 12).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 246r. Shepherd, holding crook. Seated on rock. Four sheep.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 20. Torture, spiked boots; suspension, upside-down. Sozon, seated, is fitted with spiked boots. To right, Sozon, wearing loin cloth, is suspended by the ankles from a tree. Sozon is represented twice in the scene. (Menologio, I, p. 8, II, fig. p. 20).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 75v. Torture, beating with clubs (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 176, fig. 5C2).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, south side. Martyrdom, stabbing with sword. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 349, fig. 64).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, soffit. Torture, suspension; beating with clubs. Sozon is suspended from a tree by a rope around his neck. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 7, fig. T II 24; Mijović, Menolog, p. 318, fig. 41, pl. 170).

Gračanica. Northeast pier, south face. Torture, suspension; beating with clubs. Sozon, wearing loin cloth, is suspended by wrists from a rod. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 286, fig. 21, pl. 118; Petković, "Gračanica," p. 80, fig. 5; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 55b; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 10).

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Eupsychius of Caesarea; Sinorus, Martyr.

Eupsychius of Caesarea. Martyred in Caesarea in Cappadocia under Julian the Apostate. In some accounts, he is said to have been martyred under Hadrian.

SEE ALSO: April 9.

Synax.CP, Sept. 7, par. 2 (cols. 23-24).

BHG 2130; BiblSS V 237-8; DHGE XV 1419-20; Holweck 343; LCI VI 189-90.

Sinorus, Martyr. Unidentified.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 8r. Eupsychius. Martyr, holding cross. He is accompanied by Sinorus, a martyr holding a cross. Busts. (Hutter, II, p. 3, fig. 12).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 21. Eupsychius. Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, pp. 8-9, II, fig. p. 21).

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Daniel of Thasos.

Monk.

Synax.CP, Sept. 7, Synaxaria selecta (cols. 23-24); cf. Synax.CP, Sept. 12, par. 4 (col. 38).

Holweck 262 (Sept. 12).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 246r. Monk, holding cross.

SEE ALSO: Romulus, Eudoxius, Zeno and Macarius of Melitene, September 6

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