Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for June 16


Tychon of Amathus.

Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus. Miracle worker. 4th-5th cen.

Synax.CP, June 16, par. 1 (cols. 751-4).

BHG 1859-1860c; BiblSS XII 471-2; Fedalto 878; Holweck 993; LCI VIII 504.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 43v. Bishop, holding book. He stands behind a low wall. Two buildings. (Hutter, II, p. 26, fig. 81).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 359, fig. 62, pl. 254).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, north wall, west bay. Tychon?60 Bishop, holding book. Inscription destroyed. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 260, fig. T IX 2c).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, west wall. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

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

SEE ALSO: Hypatius of Rufinianai, June 17

60 Identification proposed by Babić et al., Dečani, no. 260.