Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for July 12


Proclus and Hilarius of Ancyra.

Martyred at Ancyra in Galatia under Trajan.

Synax.CP, July 12, par. 1 (cols. 813-5).

BHG 2374-5; BiblSS X 1151-2; Holweck 833; LCI VIII 228.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 47r. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 28, fig. 88).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, north wall, center bay. 1) Proclus. Martyrdom, bow and arrows. 2) Hilarius. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 285, fig. T IX 13b; Mijović, Menolog, p. 340, fig. 44, pl. 217; Petković, Dečani, p. 19).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, east arch, soffit. Two martyrs, holding crosses. Half-figures. Names inscribed Proklos and Hilarion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 283, fig. 15, pl. 107; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).


Golinduch of Persia.
Mary of Persia.

Daughter of a Persian magician. Baptized at Nisibis. Called Mary in baptism. Martyred in Persia under Chrosroes.

Synax.CP, July 12, par. 2 (cols. 815-818).

BHG 700-702b; Holweck 440-1.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, east arch, soffit. Woman saint, holding cross. Half-figure. Name inscribed Maria. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 283, fig. 15, pl. 107 [identified as Maria]; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80 [identified as Maria]).


Andrew and Probus, Martyrs.

Martyred at an unknown time and place.

Synax.CP, July 12, par. 3 (col. 818).

BiblSS I 1170; DHGE II 1602; Holweck 71.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, east arch, soffit. Martyrs, holding crosses. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 283, fig. 15, pl. 107; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).

SEE ALSO: Marcianus of Iconium, July 11