Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for June 11


Bartholomew and Barnabas the Apostles.

Synax.CP, June 11, par. 1 (cols. 743-6).

BHG 2057.

Bartholomew the Apostle (Nathanael of Cana). Apostle. 1st cen.

SEE ALSO: August 24.

BHG 227-232f; BiblSS II 852-78; DHGE VI 965-8; Holweck 135; LCI V 320-34; ODCC 137; ODS 29-30.

Barnabas the Apostle. Native of Cyprus. Said to be bishop of Salamis and, later, of Milan. Martyr. One of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

BHG 225-226e; BiblSS II 798-816; DHGE VI 847-9; Fedalto 875; Holweck 133; LCI V 316-20; ODCC 133-4; ODS 29.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 43r. 1) Bartholomew. Martyrdom, crucifixion. 2) Barnabas. Martyrdom, burning. Name not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 25 [Bartholomew; unidentified], fig. 80).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 312v. Bartholomew and Barnabas. Apostles, holding scrolls.

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. 1) Bartholomew. Torture, suspension. Bartholomew, wearing a loin cloth, is bound to a post. 2) Barnabas. Martyrdom, burning in furnace. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 359, fig. 62, pl. 256).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Bartholomew. Martyrdom, drowning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 6, pl. 83; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).