**3. Conclusion**

In the course of the evolution of Byzantine art, the different categories of saints have gained diverse identities in regard to the depiction of their physical appearance. The beauty as a distinctive aesthetical category of the depicted saintly characters was dependent on their social structure, religious mission, and association with certain physiological references such as strength, temper, passion, and spiritual charisma. Hence, the sensual, weightless, and exuberant angels; the determinate, ambitious, and resolute apostles; the suggestive, dignified, and authoritative bishops; the courageous, committed, and fearless martyrs; the noble, benevolent, and charitable healers; the powerful, vigorous, and passionate warriors; the modest, exhausted, and self-denying hermits; as well as the gentle, affectionate, and radiating female saints have distinguished aspects of physical beauty established on their essential significance for the believers. The superior angels, the proud apostles, the wise bishops, the brave martyrs, the dedicated healers, the alert warriors, the ascetic hermits, as well as the tender female saints constitute eight different clusters of physical beauty rooted in the visual spheres of religious meaning, transformed into aesthetic impression. In that context, the angels are graceful as celestial aristocrats, the apostles are energetic as relentless missionaries, the bishops are prudent as tireless teachers, the martyrs are bold as unwavering tribunes, the healers are compassionate as beneficent auxiliaries, the warriors are invincible as victorious generals, the hermits are selfdetermined as salvational victims, and the female saints are attractive as representatives of the aesthetically superior gender. Radiating with charm and passion, shining with endurance and devotion, gleaming with power and resilience, and/or impressing with courtesy and manners, the saints have not only beautified the vision of the congregation, but have also given their most presentable appearance to the grandiose horizon of Christian belief and artistry.
