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 27

John Chrysostom. Translation of Relics.

Bishop of Constantinople, 398-404. d. 407.

SEE ALSO: September 14, November 13.

Synax.CP, Jan. 27, par. 1 (col. 425).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Jan. 27.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 26v. Translation of Relics. Two men carry the reliquary casket on their shoulders toward a small domed building. (Hutter, II, p. 15, fig. 48).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 295v. John Chrysostom. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 353. Translation of Relics. Procession. Three clerics carry the reliquary casket on their shoulders toward Emperor Theodosius II, wearing crown surmounted by a cross, extending draped hands, and Patriarch Proclus, wearing bishop''s vestments, holding a censer and a jewelled book. They are accompanied by a group of clerics carrying lighted candles. Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, shown with three domes surmounted by crosses. (Menologio, I, p. 96, II, fig. p. 353).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Translation of Relics. Procession. Clerics carry the gabled reliquary casket on their shoulders toward a city gate. One of the clerics holds a candle. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 148, fig. T VIII 4a; Mijović, Menolog, p. 333, fig. 43; Petković, Dečani, p. 14, pl. CXVIII.2).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, west wall. John Chrysostom. Bishop, wearing polystavrion. Holding book and cross with double traverse and diagonal suppedaneum. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 308, fig. 34, pl. 142).

Ananias, Peter and companions of Phoenicia.
Martyrs Nine of Phoenicia.

Ananias, priest, Peter, and seven soldiers martyred in Phoenicia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, Jan. 27, par. 2 (cols. 425-7).

BHG 2023; BiblSS I 1038; DHGE II 1432; Holweck 64; LCI V 130.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 352. Martyrdom, drowning. Wearing loin cloths. Executioners are casting two of the martyrs head-first into the sea. Four others are alreading in the sea; three more stand on the shore. (Menologio, I, pp. 95-6, II, fig. p. 352).

Marciana, Empress.

Synax.CP, Jan. 27, par. 4 (col. 428).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 26v. Empress, wearing crown and loros. Half-figure. Not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 15, fig. 48).