The theme of healing in medieval wall paintings accompanied by Saint Ioulitta and Kerykos samplings

In this dissertation, which presents a sample of a saint cult in the focus of martyr saints Ioulitta and Kerykos accompanied by visual and written data, the theme of healing in the churches in Byzantium and in its vicinity in Middle Ages was examined. Cults of them were common in both East and West in the Middle Ages, beginning in Late Antiquity. There are stories of martyrdom of the saints translated into many different languages and in different versions. Since the stories of the saints considered original have exaggerated features, it was banned by the Pope in the West towards the end of the 5th century. Despite this, it seems that they were among the saints who were highly venerated in the Western world during the Middle Ages. Although the starting point and focus of our study is the murals depicting them in Cappadocia during the Byzantine period; the churches in which they were depicted in Italy, Greece, Balkans, Cyprus, Georgia, Coptic Egypt and Ethiopia in the Middle Ages from the 8th century to the 16th century, were also included in our research. The healing features of them were tried to be determined by examining them in terms of their position in the painting programs and their relations with other figures. Besides, the Latin West shedding light on the understanding of the cults of the saints, is discussed in a separate chapter in our study within the scope of "the cult of the saints migrating to West". Also, besides the signs reflecting the general healer and protective roles of the saints; evidence indicating that they may have been venerated as the patron saints of childbirth in Byzantine world as well as in Late Medieval England are presented with examples.