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Theodore Tyro's cult in Euchaita in Asia Minor was described by Gregory
of Nyssa in a panegyric (PG: 739-740) about 386AD. By the 6th C he had
become a soldier's saint. The varying stories that developed about him
led to a “splitting” of the saint’s personality. Towards the 9th century
two separate Theodores appeared – St. Theodore Tyro (portrayed in the
Eastern Church as a young man) and St. Theodore Stratilates ("The
General"). The worship of these saints was strongly differentiated by
social class, & the aristocracy, officers & emperors did Stratilates
while the foot-soldiers did Tyro.
A paper on this and the early iconography is forthcoming in
Archaeologica Bulgarica, though not by me.
DW
Jim Bugslag wrote:
>>>Today (17. February) is the feast day of:
>>>
>>>Theodore Tiro (d. c. 306) Theodore is one of the three great
>>>warrior
>>>saints of the East (and of the West, too, after the crusaders
>>>discovered him).
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>>And here he is in a jamb at the south transept of Notre-Dame de
>>Chartres:
>>http://www.wga.hu/art/zgothic/gothic/1/french/03f_1232.jpg
>>
>>
>
>Well, John, that is what the Abbe Bulteau thought in the mid-19th century. Bishop
>Geoffroy de Leves brought back a head of St Theodore from Rome in 1120, and his
>feast day was celebrated at Chartres on 9 Nov. I published an article recently,
>however, which tries to re-identify this splendid figure as St Eustace. He is also
>widely identified as Roland, and an attempt has also been made to make of him St
>Maurice. I won't even mention the loopier versions.
>Cheers,
>Jim Bugslag
>
>
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