The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 26

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Carpus of Beroea.

Disciple of Paul the Apostle. Said to be bishop of Beroea in Thrace or of Troas in Hellespontus. One of the Seventy Apostles. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, May 26, par. 1 (col. 709); May 27, Synax. selecta (cols. 711-2).

BiblSS III 876-7; Holweck 191; LCI VII 284.

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

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 310v. May 27. Apostle, holding scroll.

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, center bay, vault. Apostle.⁵³ Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 240, fig. T IX 11; Mijović, Menolog, fig. 44, pl. 218; Petković, Dečani, pl. CXXVII).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, south wall. Apostle, holding scroll. Three-quarter figure. Greek inscription. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 301, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

⁵³ Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 240.

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Therapon of Cyprus.

Bishop in Cyprus. Martyr. Unknown time.

Synax.CP, May 26, par. 2 (cols. 709-10); May 27, Synax. selecta (cols. 711-4).

BHG 1797-1798; BiblSS XII 368-9; Holweck 973; LCI VIII 463.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 41r. May 27. (Hutter, II, p. 24, fig. 76).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 310v. May 27. Bishop, holding book.

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