The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 24

Select a month: Select month January February March April May June July August September October November December

Select a day: Select day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

---

Simeon Stylites the Younger.

Monk. Stylite at the Miraculous Mountain in Syria. 521-92.

Synax.CP, May 24, par. 1 (cols. 703-5).

BHG 1689-1691c; BiblSS XI 1141-57; Holweck 917; LCI VIII 364-7; ODB 1986-7.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 41r. Monk. Stylite. Half-figure, on column. (Hutter, II, p. 24, fig. 76).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, center bay, vault. Monk, wearing hood. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 238, fig. T IX 11; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 44, pl. 218; Petković, Dečani, p. 18, pl. CXXVII).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Monk. Stylite. Half-figure, within balustrade, on column. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 29, pl. 135; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

---

Meletius Stratelates.

Soldier. Martyred with John, Stephen and other companions at Tavium in Galatia under Antoninus Pius.

Synax.CP, May 24, par. 2 (cols. 705-6).

BHG 1249-1249b; BiblSS XII 155-9; Holweck 701.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 41r. Meletius and companions? Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 24 [unidentified], fig. 76).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. May 21. Meletius and companions. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 9).

---

John Psichaita.

Monk at the Monastery of Psicha in Constantinople. Confessor under Leo the Armenian.

Synax.CP, May 24, par. 3 (cols. 706-8).

BHG 896; BiblSS VI 872-8; Holweck 539.

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, center bay, vault. May 23. Monk. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 237, fig. T IX 11; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 44, pl. 218; Petković, Dečani, p. 18, pl. CXXVII).

---