Images of St Eugenios in Georgia and Cultural and Political Ties with the Empire of Trebizond
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.62343/cjss.2009.19Keywords:
St. Eugenios , Empire of Trebizond , Patron saint Iconography, Georgian relations, Queen Tamar , Vardzia, Byzantine influence, Georgian courtAbstract
According to Georgian and foreign sources it is believed that Trebizond
Empire was created by the help of Georgian kingdom. This
political event is revealed not only in the literature sources, but also
in mural painting of Georgian churches. In particular this refers to
the representations of St. Eugenios of Trebizond: the patron of the
newly created empire. The fact is that St Eugenios was never more
than local saint and his representations are very few outside the
Trebizond area. That is the reason why the representations of St
Eugenios in Georgian churches are so important and could be considered
as the part of contemporary Georgian politics.
There is a figure of holy soldier with old Georgian inscription
“St. Eugenios of Trebizond” in the mural painting of Timotesubani
dated by 1205-1215 years. Another example of declaring the political
project that has been prepared by Georgian kingdom a long
time ago, can be seen in Vardzia (1184 -1185), where the royal donators
_ King Giorgi III and his daughter Queen Tamar are represented
with St. Eugenios of Trebizond.
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