The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for June 20

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Zosimus of Apollonia.

Soldier at Apollonia in Bithynia. Martyred at Antioch in Pisidia under Trajan.

Synax.CP, June 20, par. 1 (col. 757).

BHG 1888-1888e; BiblSS XII 1501; Holweck 1051.

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 25; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

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Asyncritus of Byzantium.

Martyred with companions at Byzantium at an unknown time.

Synax.CP, June 20, par. 2 (col. 757) and par. 5 (col. 758).

BiblSS II 506; DHGE IV 1271; Holweck 112.

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, north wall. Asyncritus and companions. Group of martyrs, some holding crosses. Half-figures. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301, fig. 25; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Asyncritus and companions. Five martyrs, three holding crosses. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 7, pl. 95 [not identified]; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 79 [not identified]).

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Methodius of Olympus.
Methodius of Patara.

Bishop of Olympus (or of Patara) in Lycia. Theologian. Martyr. 4th cen.

Synax.CP, June 20, par. 3 (cols. 757-8).

BiblSS IX 380-2; Fedalto 233, 234; Holweck 708; LCI VIII 14-15; ODB 1354; ODCC 910-11.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 44r. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 26, fig. 82).

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

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, arch soffit. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 264, fig. T VII 7a; Mijović, Menolog, p. 339, fig. 46, pl. 221; Petković, Dečani, p. 19).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, north wall. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301, fig. 25; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 7, pl. 95; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 79).

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Joseph the Anchorite.

Monk in Egypt. 6th-7th cen.

Synax.CP, June 20, par. 4 (col. 758).

BHG 2203; BiblSS VI 1303; Holweck 563.

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, north wall. Monk. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301, fig. 25; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

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