Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for June 19


Jude the Apostle.
Judas Thaddeus the Apostle; Thaddeus the Apostle.

Apostle. 1st cen.

SEE ALSO: August 21.

Synax.CP, June 19, par. 1 (cols. 755-8).

BHG 1702-1705; BiblSS VI 1152-7; Holweck 567; LCI VIII 423-7; ODCC 764; ODS 225.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 44r. Martyrdom, crucifixion; stabbing with spear. Judas, wearing loin cloth, is bound to the cross. An executioner stabs him with a spear. (Hutter, II, p. 26, fig. 82).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Bishop. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 359, fig. 62, pl. 253).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, arch soffit. Martyrdom, crucifixion; arrows. Judas, hanging from a cross, is shot by executioners armed with bows and arrows. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 263, fig. T IX 8b; Mijović, Menolog, p. 339, fig. 44; Petković, Dečani, p. 18).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, west wall. Martyrdom, hanging. Judas, wearing loin cloth, bound, hangs from a pole. 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, spandrel. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Wearing loin cloth. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 9, pl. 87; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 81).