Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for June 14


Elisha.
Eliseus.

Prophet.

Synax.CP, June 14, par. 1 (cols. 747-9).

BHG 582-582e; BiblSS IV 1125-35; Holweck 315; LCI I 613-8, VI 141-2; ODCC 452.

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Prophet, holding scroll. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 359, fig. 62, pls. 250, 254).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, north wall, west bay. Elisha?57 Prophet, holding open scroll. Inscription destroyed. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 258, fig. T IX 2a).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, south wall. Fragmentary. Only Elisha's head and Greek inscription remains. (Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6 [not identified]).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall, soffit. Prophet, holding scroll. Half-figure in medallion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 15, pls. 89, 90; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 82).

57 Identification proposed by Babić et al., Dečani, no. 258.


Methodius I of Constantinople.
Methodius the Confessor; Methodius the Great.

Patriarch of Constantinople, 843-847. Confessor during Iconoclasm under Michael II.

Synax.CP, June 14, par. 2 (cols. 749-50).

BHG 1278; BiblSS IX 382-93; Fedalto 6; Holweck 707-8; LCI VIII 13-14; Nicol 85; ODB 1355.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 43v. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 25, fig. 81).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Bishop, wearing sakkos, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 359, fig. 62, pls. 250, 254).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall, soffit. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 15, pls. 90, 94; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 82).


Cyril of Gortyna.

Bishop of Gortyna in Crete. Martyred under Maximian.

SEE ALSO: September 5, July 9.

Synax.CP, June 4, par. 3 (col. 750).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, west wall. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 28 [not identified]; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall, soffit. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 15, pls. 90, 94; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 82).

SEE ALSO: Amos, June 15