Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Introduction Calendar Abbreviations List of Iconographical Motifs List of Iconographical Scenes List of Feasts

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for June 4

Metrophanes of Byzantium.

First bishop of Byzantium, probably 306/7-314. Confessor.

Synax.CP, June 4, par. 1 (cols. 727-30).

BHG 1278y-1278z; BiblSS IX 396-7; Fedalto 3; Holweck 708-9; LCI VIII 5.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 42r. Bishop, holding book. He stands behind a low wall. Two buildings. (Hutter, II, p. 25, fig. 78).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Bishop, wearing sakkos, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 359, fig. 62, pl. 252).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, center bay, vault. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 249, fig. T VII 6; Mijović, Menolog, p. 339, fig. 46, pl. 222; Petković, Dečani, p. 18, pl. CXXVII).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, dome, drum. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Half-figure. Greek inscriptions. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301, fig. 26; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106 [not identified]; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 4).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 6, pl. 85; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).

Treskevac. Narthex, east wall. Metrophanes? Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Half-figure. Upper part destroyed. Inscription not preserved. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 313, fig. 38, pl. 162).

Andrew of Crete.
Andrew of Jerusalem.

Hymnographer. Monk in Jerusalem. Deacon of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople. Bishop of Gortyna in Crete, ca.710-740.

SEE ALSO: July 4.

Synax.CP, June 4, par. 2 (col. 730).

BHG 113-114c; BiblSS I 1142; DHGE II 1659-61; Fedalto 536; Holweck 71; LCI V 156; ODB 92-3; ODCC 51.

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, dome, drum. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301, fig. 26; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 4).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 6, pl. 85; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).