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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Monday, May 3, 2010, at 9:50 am, I wrote: > 1) Philip and James (the Less), apostles (d. 1st cent.). Putative relics of P. and J. have been in Rome's church of the Holy Apostles since its initial construction in the pontificates of Pelagius I (556-561) and John III (561-574). Here's a view of their present tomb in the crypt: http://tinyurl.com/27nlhvj A portion of what is believed to be P.'s skull is said to have been brought to Cyprus from Constantinople in 1204 very shortly after that city's capture in the Fourth Crusade. Here's a view of it on display in an eighteenth-century reliquary case in the monastery of the Holy Cross at Omodos (Limassol prefecture) in the Republic of Cyprus: http://tinyurl.com/2fjpd4a Three further depictions of Philip: a) P. as depicted ca. 1300 in a fresco attributed to Manuel Panselinos in the Protaton church on Mt. Athos: http://tinyurl.com/2csbl95 b) P. baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:38) as depicted in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. 1335 and 1350) in the nave of the church of the Pantocrator at the Visoki Dečani monastery near Peć in, depending on one's view of recent events, the Republic of Kosovo or Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija: http://tinyurl.com/25u8p5d c) The Spirit of the Lord catching P. away (Acts 8:39) as depicted in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. 1335 and 1350) in the nave of the church of the Pantocrator at the Visoki Dečani monastery near Peć in, depending on one's view of recent events, the Republic of Kosovo or Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija: http://tinyurl.com/267hvl4 Best again, John Dillon ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html