Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Introduction Calendar Abbreviations List of Iconographical Motifs List of Iconographical Scenes List of Feasts

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 27

Stephen Protomartyr.

Deacon. The first martyr. One of the Seven Deacons. d. ca. 35.

SEE ALSO: August 2.

Synax.CP, Dec. 27, par. 1 (cols. 349-50).

BHG 1648x-1655h; BiblSS XI 1376-92; Holweck 936; LCI VIII 395-403; ODCC 1308; ODS 391-2.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 22v. Martyrdom, stoning. Stephen kneels, his hands raised in prayer, while two executioners cast stones at him. Saul, nimbed, is seated at the left. (Hutter, II, p. 13, fig. 40).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 282r. Apostle, holding closed scroll.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 275. Martyrdom, stoning. As two executioners cast stones at him, Stephen Protomartyr, beardless, kneels with hands raised in prayer toward the Hand of God emerging from an arc of Heaven. Saul, holding scroll, is seated at the left. City of Jerusalem. (Menologio, I, p. 75, II, fig. p. 275).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Martyrdom, stoning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 354, fig. 61, pl. 239).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, west bay, vault. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 126, fig. T III 18; Mijović, Menolog, p. 332, fig. 50; Petković, pl. CXV).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, stoning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 269, fig. 12).

Theodore I of Constantinople.

Patriarch of Constantinople, 677-679, 686-687.

Synax.CP, Dec. 27, par. 2 (col. 350); Dec. 28, Synax. selecta (cols. 349-54).

Fedalto 5; Holweck 964; LCI VIII 444.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 277. Dec. 28. Bishop. Orant. Theodore stands before an arcaded building. Under an arch, a large candelabrum or torch. (Menologio, I, pp. 75-6, II, fig. p. 277).

SEE ALSO: Theodore and Theophanes Graptoi, December 28