Saint Mamas’s martyrdom in the Life of Patriarch Tarasios (BHG 1698

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Published: Jan 27, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.32381
Keywords:
9th century Life of Patriarch Tarasios writer Ignatios the Deacon St Mamas St Mamas’ martyrdom hagiography rhetorical description of iconographic programme iconography
Stephanos EFTHYMIADIS (Στέφανος ΕΥΘΥΜΙΑΔΗΣ )
Professor of Byzantine Studies, Open University of Cyprus
Abstract

One of the scenes of martyrdom that Ignatios the Deacon rhetorically records in the iconographic programme he describes in his Life of Patriarch Tarasios (BHG 1698) is of a martyr who performed “his funeral dance in public without entrails”. Identifying this unnamed figure with St Mamas gave the author the opportunity to rehearse the saint’s iconography in the Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods, with special focus on the depiction of his martyrdom. The personal perspective from which Ignatios viewed his task in rhetorically elaborating on this particular iconographic programme is also considered.

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