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 February 26

Porphyrius of Gaza.

Hermit. Bishop of Gaza in Palestine, 395-420. Miracle worker.

Synax.CP, Feb. 26, par. 1 (cols. 489-91).

BHG 1570-1572; BiblSS X 1039-43; Fedalto 1022; Holweck 826; LCI VIII 222.

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 120. Bishop, holding book. Porphyrius stands under a pointed arch. Buildings. (Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," fig. 13; Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 8, fig. 25).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 28v. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 17, fig. 52).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 424. Bishop, holding book. Porphyrius stands under a pointed arch. Buildings surmounted by crosses. (Menologio, I, p. 115, II, fig. p. 424; Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," fig. 14).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, west wall. Monk. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277, fig. 8, pl. 75).

Stephen the Founder.

Synax.CP, Feb. 26, par. 3 (col. 492).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 425. Monk. Praying. Stephen raises his hands in prayer. Church with cross on gable. The portal is approached by stairs and a ladder. The name is given, but no text accompanies the miniature. (Menologio, I, p. 115, II, fig. p. 425).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, west wall. Monk, holding closed scroll. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277, fig. 8, pl. 75).

Photina of Samaria.

The Samaritan woman who spoke to Christ at Jacob's well. Martyred with companions, including her sons Joseph and Victor and her sister Cyriaca at Carthage under Nero.

SEE ALSO: March 20.

Synax.CP, Feb. 26, Synax. selecta (cols. 491-492).

BHG 1541-1541m; BiblSS V 993-4; Holweck 816; LCI VIII 210.

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Photina, Cyriaca, and Photina''s sons, Joseph and Victor, and another youth. Martyrs, holding crosses. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 357, fig. 62, pl. 243).