The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for July 4

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Andrew of Crete.

Monk in Jerusalem. Deacon at Hagia Sophia, Constantinople. Bishop of Gortyna in Crete. Hymnographer. ca. 660-740.

SEE ALSO: June 4.

Synax.CP, July 4, par. 1 (col. 795).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 46r. Bishop. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 27, fig. 86).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west wall. Andrew?⁶⁶ Inscription destroyed. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 278, fig. T III 42d; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 50).

⁶⁶ Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, nos. 276, 278.

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Theodore of Cyrene.

Bishop of Cyrene in Libya. Martyred under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, July 4, par. 2 (cols. 796-8); July 5, Synax. selecta (cols. 799-800).

BHG 2428; BiblSS XII 245-8; Fedalto 659; Holweck 961; LCI VIII 444.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 46r. Theodore? Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. Name not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 27 [unidentified], fig. 86).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, north wall. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 25; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. July 5. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 281, fig. 7, pl. 106; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 79).

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Cyprilla of Cyrene.

Widow. Martyred with the bishop Theodore and other companions at Cyrene in Libya under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, July 4, par. 3 (col. 798); July 5, Synax. selecta (cols. 799-800).

BHG 2093; BiblSS III 1285-6; DHGE XIII 1161; Holweck 252, 961.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. July 5. Woman saint. Flaming headdress. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 281, fig. 7, pl. 106; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 79).

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