The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for April 15

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Crescens of Myra.
Crescentius of Myra.

Martyred at Myra in Lycia at an unknown time.

Synax.CP, April 15, par. 1 (cols. 603-8); April 13, Synax. selecta (cols. 599-600).

BHG 2087; BiblSS IV 284-5; DHGE XIII 1025; Holweck 241.

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, west wall. April 13. Crescens?³⁷ Martyrdom, burning. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 208, fig. T III 33).

Thessaloniki, Nicholas Orphanos. Martyrdom, burning. Orant. Half-figure. (Tsitouridou, pp. 180-1, pls. 73-4).

Treskavac. Narthex, west wall. Martyrdom, burning. The bust of Crescens, orant, surrounded by a bonfire. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 313, fig. 37).

SEE ALSO:
Aristarchus of Thessalonica, April 14
Pudens of Rome, April 14
Trophimus of Ephesus, April 14

³⁷ Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 208.

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