07 Works, Today, July 13th, is Martyr Myrope's day, her story in art #194

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Saint Myrope of Chios

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The Holy Martyr Myrope was born in the city of Ephesus at the beginning of the third century. She lost her father at an early age, and her mother raised her in the Christian Faith. 

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St. Ermione (Hermione) the Daughter of St. Phillip the Deacon

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St. Myrope frequently visited the grave of the Martyr Hermione, daughter of the holy Apostle Philip, taking myrrh from her relics, and healing the sick with it. 

Bernardo Daddi (Italian, 1290–1348)

Detail: Emperor Decius, ca. 1338–40

Tempera on wood

12 3/4 x 16 in. (32.4 x 40.6 cm)

 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bernardo Daddi (c. 1280 – 1348) was an early Italian Renaissance painter and the leading painter of Florence of his generation. He was one of the artists who contributed to the revolutionary art of the Renaissance, which broke away from the conventions of the preceding generation of Gothic artists, by creating compositions which aimed to achieve a more realistic representation of reality. He was particularly successful with his small-scale works and contributed to the development of the portable altarpiece, a format that subsequently gained great popularity.

Daddi's style is derived from Giotto's work. His early works also show a close link with followers of Giotto and other Florentine masters of the first quarter of the 14th century. His later style is highly refined and shows a certain influence by Maso di Banco.

Daddi focused on religious motifs and altarpieces. He was also influenced by the Sienese art of Lorenzetti.


Daddi's last work dates from 1347, and it is believed he died the next year. More on Bernardo Daddi

Myrope went with her mother to the island of Chios during the persecutions by Emperior Decius (249-251) where they spent their time in fasting and prayer.

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Martyr Isidore of Chios

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Earlier, a soldier, Isidore, a man of deep faith and great piety, was martyred. Upon her visit to Chios, St. Myrope secretly removed the body of the martyr and buried it. The soldiers, who had been ordered not to allow the Christians to take Isidore’s body, were sentenced to death. St. Myrope took pity on these condemned men, and told the soldiers and governor what she had done.

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An icon of St. Myrope of Chios from the Church where her grave is located in Chios

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She was arrested, and at her trial, she confessed herself a Christian. For this, she was beaten and then thrown in prison. At midnight, while she was praying, a light shone in the prison. St. Isidore appeared before her, surrounded by angels, and St. Myrope thereafter surrendered her soul to God. 

The prison was immediately filled with a sweet fragrance. The pagan guard, trembling at the vision, told a priest what had happened. Later, this same pagan guard accepted Baptism and a martyr’s death for his confession of Christ.

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Martyrs Isidore and Myrope of Chios

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There is a local tradition that in the place where St. Isidore was martyred, the mastic trees shed fragrant tears at the suffering of the Holy Martyr. The tradition holds that the mastic, which is a major product of the island of Chios, can only be gathered and prepared from the trees in the area of the Saint's martyrdom. Thus the masticha, or mastic, is a divine gift, and a blessing to the people of Chios 

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Synaxis of All Saints of Chios

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