Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for April 12


Basil of Parium.
Basil the Confessor.

Bishop of Parium in Hellespontus. Confessor during Iconoclasm under Leo III the Isaurian.

Synax.CP, April 12, par. 1 (col. 597).

BiblSS II 946; DHGE VI 1153; Fedalto 146; Holweck 139; LCI V 342.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 35v. Bishop, holding book. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 21, fig. 65).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Bishop. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 357, fig. 61).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, west wall. Bishop. Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 207, fig. T III 32a; Mijović, Menolog, p. 336, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 17).

Treskavac. Narthex, west wall. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 313, fig. 37, pl. 158).


Artemon of Laodicea.

Priest in Laodicea in Phrygia. Miracle worker. Martyred under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, April 12, par. 2 (cols. 597-600); April 13, Synax. selecta (cols. 599-600).

BHG 175; BiblSS II 490-1; Holweck 109; LCI V 255.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 35v. April 13. (Hutter, II, p. 21, fig. 65).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Priest. April 13. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 357, fig. 61).