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 July 1

Cosmas and Damian of Rome.

Physicians. Martyred in Rome under Carinus. In the West, the three sets of brothers named Cosmas and Damian are merged.

Cosmas and Damian of Arabia, SEE ALSO: October 17.

Cosmas and Damian of Cilicia, SEE ALSO: November 1.

Synax.CP, July 1, par. 1 (col. 791).

BHG 372-392; BiblSS IV 223-7; DHGE XIII 930; Holweck 240; LCI VII 344-52; ODCC 350; ODS 101.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 45v. Martyrdom, stoning. (Hutter, II, p. 27, fig. 85).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 319v. Cosmas and Damian. Holding probes.

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west wall. Cosmas and Damian?62 Martyrdom, stoning. Inscription destroyed. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 27, fig. T III 42a; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 50).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, north wall. Cosmas and Damian. Holding scrolls. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 303, fig. 25; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, pier. Cosmas and Damian. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 281, fig. 7; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 82).

62 Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 275.

Peter the Patrician.

Patrician in Constantinople. Hermit on Mt. Olympus in Bithynia. d. 865.

Synax.CP, July 1, par. 2 (cols. 791-4).

BiblSS X 684-5; Holweck 798.

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west wall. Peter the Patrician?63 July 2. Inscription destroyed. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 276, fig. T III 42c; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 50).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, north wall. July 2. Holding scroll. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 303, fig. 25; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, pier. July 2. Holding scroll. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 281, fig. 7; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 82).

63 Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 276.