The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for July 19

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Macrina the Younger.

Virgin. Older sister of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. Recluse in Caesarea in Cappadocia. ca. 327-379/80.

Synax.CP, July 19, par. 1 (col. 829).

BHG 1012; BiblSS VIII 456-8; Holweck 636; LCI VII 481.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 48r. Woman saint, holding cross. Macrina stands behind a low wall. Buildings. (Hutter, II, p. 28, fig. 90).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall, pilaster. Woman saint. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 295, fig. T III 43; Mijović, Menolog, p. 341, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 20).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, west arch, soffit. Woman saint. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 283, fig. 15; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).

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Dius of Constantinople.
Dios of Constantinople.

Monk from Antioch. Founded the Dition monastery in Constantinople. Miracle worker. d. ca. 430.

Synax.CP, July 19, par. 2 (cols. 829-30).

BHG 2105; BiblSS IV 623-4; DHGE XIV 522; Holweck 283; LCI VI 67.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 48r. Bishop, holding book. Dius stands behind a low wall. Buildings. (Hutter, II, p. 28, fig. 90).

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John of Chalcedon.

Bishop of Chalcedon in Bithynia. Confessor during Iconoclasm. 9th cen.

Synax.CP, July 19, par. 4 (col. 830).

BHG 2185; Fedalto 99; Holweck 543.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall, west arch, soffit. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 283, fig. 15; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).

SEE ALSO: Stephen II of Constantinople, July 18

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