The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for June 9

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Orestes, Diomedes and Rhodon, Martyrs.

Martyred at an unknown time and place.

Synax.CP, June 9, par. 1 (col. 739).

Holweck 758.

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, west wall, lunette. Orestes and Diomedes. Martyrs, holding crosses. Half-figures. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

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Alexander and Antonina of Crodamnus.

Alexander, a soldier, and Antonina, a virgin, martyred at Crodamnus or Brodamnus under Maximian.

Synax.CP, June 9, par. 3 (cols. 739-42).

BHG 50-50e; BiblSS I 803-5; DHGE II 180-2; Holweck 46; LCI V 85.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 43r. Alexander and Antonina? Male saint, orant, and woman saint. Names not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 25 [unidentified], fig. 80).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west bay, arch soffit. Alexander and Antonina. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figures. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 255, fig. T III 39a; Mijović, Menolog, p. 339, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 18).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, south wall, lunette. Antoninus instead of Antonina. Martyr. Gender confusion. 2) Alexander. Martyr, holding cross. Half-figures. Greek inscriptions. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 30; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Alexander and Antoninus instead of Antonina. Martyrdom, dismemberment. Executioners are cutting off the limbs of Alexander and Antoninus, both nude. Gender confusion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 280, fig. 6, pl. 83; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 80).

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Cyril of Alexandria.

Bishop of Alexandria, 412-444.

SEE ALSO: January 18.

Synax.CP, June 9, Synax. selecta (cols. 739-42).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 43r. Bishop, holding book. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 25, fig. 80).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west bay, arch soffit. Bishop. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 255, fig. T III 39a; Mijović, Menolog, p. 339, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 18).

Gračanica. Narthex, northwest tower, north wall, lunette. June 10. Bishop, wearing cross-inscribed cap and polystavrion, holding a book. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 25; Todić, Gračanica, p. 106; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II northwest dome 6).

SEE ALSO: Fortunatus, Apostle, June 15

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