The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 25

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John the Baptist. Third Invention of Head Relic.

Synax.CP, May 25, par. 1 (col. 707).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 41r. Invention of Head Relic. The head of John the Baptist is uncovered by a man with a spade. (Hutter, II, p. 24, fig. 76).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, center bay, vault. John the Baptist. Wearing garment of skins. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 239, fig. T IX 11; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 44, pl. 218; Petković, Dečani, p. 18, pl. CXXVII).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Invention of Head Relic. (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. Invention of Head Relic. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 9).

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