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 January 12

Tatiana of Rome.
Tania of Rome.

Virgin. Deaconess. Martyred at Rome under Alexander Severus.

Synax.CP, Jan. 12, par. 1 (col. 385).

BHG 1699-1699d; BiblSS XII 160-1; Holweck 946; LCI VIII 421.

Baltimore, Walters, 521, fol. 86r. Martyrdom, beheading. Hair shorn. (Ševčenko, N., "Walters ''Imperial'' Menologion," p. 50, fig. 24).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 311. Martyrdom, beheading. Hair shorn. (Menologio, I, p. 85, II, fig. p. 311; Ševčenko, N., "Walters ''Imperial'' Menologion," p. 50, fig. 25).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Inscribed Tatianus instead of Tatiana. Martyrdom, wild beasts. The bearded Tatianus, nude, is attacked by two bears. Gender confusion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 271, fig. 13, pls. 51, 58; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 108.1).

Mertius of Africa.

Soldier. Martyred in Mauretania under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Jan. 12, par. 2 (cols. 386-8).

BiblSS IX 356-7; Holweck 707; LCI VIII 10.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 312. Martyrdom, beating with clubs. Mertius, wearing loin cloth, lies flat on his back, his wrists and ankles tied to four pegs in the ground. (Menologio, I, p. 85, II, fig. p. 312).

Athanasius, Martyr.

Martyred at an unknown time and place.

Synax.CP, Jan. 12, Synax. selecta (cols. 385-6).

BiblSS II 521; Holweck 113; LCI V 267.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 313. Martyrdom, beating with rods. Athanasius, wearing loin cloth, lies prone, his bound wrists and ankles tied to two pegs in the ground, as he is beaten with rods. Arch. The name of the saint is given, but no text accompanies the miniature. (Menologio, I, p. 85, II, fig. p. 313).

SEE ALSO: Synaxis of Angels, January 11