Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for March 15


Agapius of Caesarea.

Synax.CP, March 15, par. 1 (cols. 537-8).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 31v. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 18, fig. 57).

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, west wall. Agapius and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, vault. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 277, fig. 14).


Aristobulus of Rome.

Brother of Barnabas the Apostle. Paul the Apostle is said to have consecrated him bishop and sent him on a mission to Britain. One of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

SEE ALSO: October 30.

Synax.CP, March 15, par. 3 (cols. 539-40); March 16, Synax. selecta (cols. 539-40).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 263v.

Gračanica. Narthex, southeast tower, west wall. Apostle. Half-figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 295, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 105; Živković, Gračanica, fig. II southeast dome 6).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, dome. March 16. Bishop, holding book. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 311, fig. 35, pls. 145, 149).


Menignus of Parium.

Synax.CP, March 15, Synax. selecta (cols. 537-8); March 16, Synax. selecta (cols. 539-40).

Moscow, gr. 183, p. 206. March 16. Martyrdom, beheading. (Tréneff, Ménologe grec, p. 8, fig. 42).

Treskavac. Narthex, south tower, dome. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 311, fig. 35, pls. 145, 149).