Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for June 21


Julian of Anazarbus.
Julian the Cilician.

Martyred in Cilicia under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, June 21, par. 2 (col. 762).

BHG 965-967e; BiblSS VI 1189-90; Holweck 572; LCI VII 232.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 44v. Martyrdom, drowning. A sack containing Julian''s body floats in the water. (Hutter, II, p. 26, fig. 83).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Bishop. Martyrdom, drowning. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 359, fig. 62, pls. 253, 257).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, arch soffit. Martyr, holding cross with double traverse. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 265, fig. T VII 7a; Mijović, Menolog, p. 339, fig. 46, pl. 221; Petković, Dečani, p. 19).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, north wall. Martyrdom, beheading. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 303, 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).