A Serbian Legend of the Holy Apostle Titus and its Reflection in Art
Part of : Δελτίον της Χριστιανικής Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας ; Vol.52, 2013, pages 129-140
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129-140
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Ενας σέρβικος μύθος του Αγίου Αποστόλου Τίτου και η αντανάκλαση του στην τέχνη
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The holy apostle Titus was almost exclusively painted in the island of Crete, while further afield, he only figured as one of the Seventy Apostles. In Serbian 15th- and 16th- century art, however, the image of St. Titus was granted a prominent place in the fresco programme of several churches, which is explained by a local legend according to which it was this apostle who had christianized the Serbian land and had its first episcopal church built.
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Middle Ages, Serbia, iconography, holy apostle Titus, Μέσοι χρόνοι, Σερβία, εικονογραφία, άγιος απόστολος Τίτος
