Keroularios intervened to save the life, but not the sight, of Tornikios & Batatzes
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS IX (1042-1055)
1047
Summary:
During the rebellion of Leon Tornikios he counselled the emperor at desperate moments. After the rebellion he saved the lives of its leaders Leon and Ioannes Batatzes, with a last-minute intervention, but could not stop them being blinded
Dates:
1047
Ioannes Batatzes, supporter of Leon Tornikios (
Ioannes 113
)
When captured and brought before
Konstantinos 9
for punishment, he was already being prepared for execution when he (and
Leon 61
) were saved by a spectacular intervention by
Michael 11
(:)
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Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (
Konstantinos 9
)
He captured
Leon 61
after his army self-destructed, and decided to execute him; but as Leon and
Ioannes 113
, the chief rebels, were being prepared for death,
Michael 11
made a spectacular intervention and saved their lives (but not their sight) (:)
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Leon Tornikios (
Leon 61
)
Later his army began to self-destruct, and he was captured and brought in chains to
Konstantinos 9
, who was determined on execution; the rebels were supported by
Michael 11
, who saved their lives but not the sight of Leon and
Ioannes 113
(:)
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Michael I Keroularios, patriarch of Constantinople (
Michael 11
)
During the rebellion of
Leon 61
he counselled and encouraged
Konstantinos 9
at desperate moments; after the rebellion he saved the lives (but not the sight) of its leaders
Leon 61
and
Ioannes 113
with a last-minute intervention (:)
Psellos Keroularios 347