The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for June 6

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Dorotheus of Tyre.

Bishop of Tyre in Phoenicia. Martyred under Julian the Apostate.

SEE ALSO: October 9.

Synax.CP, June 6, par. 1 (cols. 731-3); June 5, Synax. selecta (cols. 729-732).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 42v. June 5. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 25, fig. 79).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. June 5. Bishop, 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. 251, 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, holding book. Half-figure in medallion. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 5).

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

Treskevac. Narthex, east wall. Dorotheus? Bishop, holding book. Inscription not preserved. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 313, fig. 38, pl. 162).

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Bessarion the Great.
Bessarion of Egypt.

Hermit in the Scete desert in Egypt. Miracle worker. 4th cen.

Not in Synax.CP for June 6; cf. Feb. 20, Synax. selecta (cols. 477-8).

BHG 2062-2063; BiblSS III 140-1; DHGE VIII 1180-1; Holweck 159.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 42v. Monk. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 25, fig. 79).

Cozia. Narthex, west wall. Monk, holding scroll.⁵⁵ (Mijović, Menolog, p. 359, fig. 62, pl. 252).

⁵⁵ Not identified by Mijović, Menolog.

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Cyriaka of Nicomedia.
Kyriaki of Nicomedia; Domnica of Tropea.

Virgin. Martyred at Nicomedia in Bithynia under Diocletian. Relics translated to Tropea in Calabria.

SEE ALSO: July 7.

Not in Synax.CP for June 6.

BHG 461z-462f; BiblSS III 1291-2, IV 680-1; Holweck 253; LCI VI 18-9.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Woman saint, wearing rich garments including a jewelled mantle and veil, holding cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 6, pl. 85; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).

SEE ALSO: Hilarion the Younger, June 5

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