Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for February 19


Maximus, Theodotus and Asclepiodota of Thrace.

Martyred in Thrace under Maximian.

SEE ALSO: September 15.

Synax.CP, Feb. 19, par. 1 (col. 475).

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 91. Maximus and Theodotus. Martyrdom, burning. Orant. Names inscribed. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 7, fig. 18).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 413. Maximus and Theodotus. Martyrdom, burning. Orant. (Menologio, I, p. 112, II, fig. p. 413).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Maximus, Theodotus and companions. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figures. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 171, fig. T III 26a; Mijović, Menolog, p. 333, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 15, pl. CXIX.1).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Maximus and Theodotus. Martyrdom, burning. Two martyrs, embracing, surrounded by flames. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 276, fig. 13, pl. 71; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 105.2).


Sophronius, Bishop.

Bishop. Unknown time and place.

Synax.CP, Feb. 19, par. 3 (col. 476); Feb. 20, Synax. selecta (cols. 477-8).

LCI VIII 384.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 415. Feb. 20. Bishop, holding book. Sophronius stands under an arch. The name is given, but no text accompanies the miniature. (Menologio, I, p. 112, II, fig. p. 415).


Timothy of Gaza.

SEE ALSO: August 19.

Synax.CP, Feb. 19, par. 4 (col. 476).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Monk. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 276, fig. 13, pl. 71; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 105.2).

Feb. 19. SEE ALSO: Archippus and Appia of Colossae, February 20