Description: St. Demetrios Icon depicts the killing of the Bulgarian Tsar Kaloyan, whose name means "John the Good", but whom the Greek-speaking Romans called "Skyloyan" or "John the Dog". According to a hagiographic legend, best known in Russia in the version retold by Dimitry of Rostov (1651-1709), Demetrius appeared in the camp of tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria during his 1207 siege of Thessaloniki, piercing the king with a lance and so killing him. This scene, known in Russian as Чудо о погибели царя Калояна ("the miracle of the destruction of tsar Kaloyan") became a popular element in the iconography of Demetrius. He is shown on horseback piercing the king with his spear, paralleling the iconography Brass stamp on wood4" x 5" Estate sale find. Please see my other items like this one.
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