Miracula Sancti Demetri bk 1, ch. 1

Name of text: Miracula Sancti Demetri bk 1, ch. 1
Author of text:
Date of text: seventh century
Date of person in text:
Name of structure in text: Hagios Demetrios, Thessaloniki
Type of structure in text: Church
Date of structure in text Seventh century
Century of structure 1: 7 AD
Century of structure 2:
Country in text: Greece
Region in text: Central Macedonia
City in text: Thessaloniki
Specific place of mosaic in text:

Outside the church, on a wall facing the stadium (?)

Description of mosaic in text: No description given but it confirmed the miracle of the healing of the eparch Marianos.  He had been struck with paralysis by the devil but on being taken to the church he had a dream-vision of Demetrios and was healed.
Mosaic date in text: 7 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? No
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Bibliography: See P. Lemerle, ed., Les plus anciens recuils des Miracles de S. Demetrius et lat Penetration des Slaves dans Les Balkans (Paris: 1979), pp. 57-67, conclusion on p. 67 lines 14-17
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