Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for July 13


Serapion of Alexandria.

Martyred in Alexandria under Septimius Severus.

Synax.CP, July 13, par. 1 (col. 817).

BiblSS XI 856; Holweck 898.

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, north wall, center bay. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 286, fig. T IX 13c; Mijović, Menolog, p. 340, fig. 44, pl. 217; Petković, Dečani, p. 19).

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


Andrew Stratelates; Heraclius of Cilicia.
Andrew of Cilicia.

Soldier. Megalomartyr. Martyred in Cilicia with 2593 companions, including Heraclius, under Maximian.

SEE ALSO: August 19.

Synax.CP, July 13, par. 3 (col. 818).

BHG 118-119a; BiblSS I 1127-9; DHGE II 1603-4; Holweck 71; LCI V 159.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. 1) Andrew. Bust. 2) Heraclius. Martyr, holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 283, fig. 7, pl. 98; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 79).


Stephen the Sabbaite, Hymnographer.

Monk at the Monastery of St. Sabas in the Judean Desert. Hymnographer. Miracle worker. Nephew of John of Damascus. d. after 807.

SEE ALSO: October 28.

Synax.CP, July 13, Synax. selecta (cols. 817-8).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 47r. Monk. Orant. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 28, fig. 88).

SEE ALSO: Aquila of Corinth, July 14