The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 22

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Basiliscus of Pontus.

Soldier. Martyred with Theodore Tyro in Pontus under Maximian.

SEE ALSO: March 3.

Synax.CP, May 22, par. 1 (cols. 699-702).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 40v. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 24, fig. 75).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, center bay, vault. Basiliscus?⁵² Martyrdom, beheading. Fragmentary scene. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 236, fig. T IX 11; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 44, pl. 218; Petković, Dečani, pl. CXXVII).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Martyr, holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 29, pl. 135; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 9).

⁵² Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 236.

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Mark of Calytus.

Shepherd. Martyred with three brothers, Alphaeus, Zosimus and Alexander at Calytus in Pisidia under Diocletian.

SEE ALSO: September 21, September 28.

Synax.CP, May 22, Synax. selecta (cols. 699-700).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Monk. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 29; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

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