Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 11


Mocius of Byzantium.
Mucius of Constantinople; Mocius of Amphipolis; Mucius of Amphipolis.

Priest at Amphipolis in Macedonia. Martyred at Byzantium (Constantinople) under Diocletian.

Synax.CP, May 11, par. 2 (cols. 674-6).

BHG 1298-1298h; BiblSS IX 512; Holweck 717; LCI VIII 21.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 39r. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 23, fig. 72).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west bay, vault. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 227, fig. T VI 1; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 46; Petković, Dečani, p. 17).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 9).


Dioscorides of Smyrna.

Martyred at Smyrna in Asia at an unknown time.

Synax.CP, May 11, par. 3 (col. 676).

Holweck 281.

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Martyr, holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 28; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).