Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for July 10


Forty-Five Martyrs of Nicopolis.

Martyred at Nicopolis in Armenia under Licinius.

Synax.CP, July 10, par. 1 (col. 811).

BHG 1216-1216e; BiblSS IX 989-91; Holweck 744; LCI VIII 64.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 47r. Martyrdom, burning. A group of martyrs, some holding crosses, stand in flames. (Hutter, II, p. 28, fig. 88).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, north wall, pilaster. Group of standing martyrs, some holding crosses. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 283, fig. T IX 9; Mijović, Menolog, p. 340, fig. 44; Petković, Dečani, p. 19, pl. 130.1).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, east arch, soffit. Group of standing martyrs, some holding crosses. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 283, fig. 15, pl. 102; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).


Apollonius of Sardis.

From Sardis in Lydia. Martyred at Iconium in Lycaonia. 251.

Synax.CP, July 10, par. 3 (col. 812).

BiblSS II 275; DHGE III 1011; Holweck 97.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, east arch, soffit. July 11. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 283, fig. 15; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).