The Winged Figure of Saint John the Baptist

This article contains the theological substructures and the iconographic analysis of the Winged Saint John the Baptist figure. The answer to the question of why John the Baptist was thought as a winged, has been sought out by using the references of Holy Books,examining not only his mission and identity but also his life story It has been established that despite having roots in the 4th century, the first example of Saint John the Baptist as winged was founded at the South transept wall of Saint Achilles Church in Serbia from 13th century. Moreover this special depiction had been included in the iconographic program during the Post-Byzantine period. The icon examples of Winged Saint John are classified into 4 sections as follows: the front, the profile, the part of the composition with other saints and as a secondary figure in his own birth scene. This classification is composed according to the formal differences of those icons