Zoe was buried in a most beautiful tomb

Summary:
Konstantinos' devotion to Zoe can best be seen in the beautiful tomb he built for her. One of the little silver-plated columns round her tomb took in moisture at a point where the metal had split and in accordance with natural laws produced a little mushroom. Konstantinos, full of enthusiasm, filled the palace with the cry that the Lord had wrought a miracle at her tomb, so that all might know that her soul was numbered among the angels. Everyone realised the truth, but all encouraged his fervour, some in fear and others making the lie a chance to enrich themselves  
Dates:
1050 
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (Konstantinos 9)
  • No one was ignorant [of the truth about the mushroom on Zoe 1's tomb], but all encouraged his fervour, some in fear and others making the lie an opportunity to enrich themselves (:) σύμπαντες δὲ τὸν ἐκείνου ζῆλον ὑπέτρεφον Psellos: Chronographia VI 183.13-15
  • When a mushroom grew on Zoe 1's tomb, full of enthusiasm, he filled the palace with the cry that the Lord had wrought a miracle at her tomb, so that all might know that her soul was numbered among the angels (:) ὁ δὲ ἐνθουσιασμοῦ τε πλήρης ἐγένετο καὶ βοῆς ἐνεπίμπλα τὰ βασίλεια Psellos: Chronographia VI 184.6-13
  • To witness his personal devotion, the listener must go to the tomb of Zoe 1, where wonders were worked, and to Theodora 1, the last living survivor of the imperial line (:) Psellos Orationes panegyricae IV, 464-495
Empress Zoe (Zoe 1)
  • Konstantinos 9, full of enthusiasm, filled the palace with the cry that the Lord had wrought a miracle at her tomb, so that all might know that her soul was numbered among the angels ἵνα ἅπαντες γνοῖεν ὅτι ἀγγέλοις ἡ ἐκείνης ψυχὴ συνηρίθμηται Psellos: Chronographia VI 183.9-13
  • One of the little silver-plated columns around her tomb took in moisture in a part where the precious metal had split and in accordance with natural laws produced a little mushroom βραχύν τινα μύκητα κατὰ τοὺς φυσικοὺς ἀναδόντος λόγους Psellos: Chronographia VI 183.6-9
  • Said to rank even with angels, since, I believe, from her tomb due to a certain dampness a fungus grew up, and this was called a sign dispensed from above, so that it might not be unknown that she was drawn up in company with the spritual powers λέγεται ... ἀγγέλοις αὐτὴν παρεξισοῦν, ἐπειδή που τοῦ μνήματος ἐκείνης μύκης ἔκ τινος ὑγρότητος ἀνεβλάστησε, καὶ τοῦτο καλεῖν σημεῖον ἄνωθεν οἰκονομηθέν, ἵνα μὴ ἀγνοῆται ἡ βασιλὶς ταῖς νοεραῖς συντεταγμένη δυνάμεσι Zonaras 17.28.2
  • Soon after her death miracles were worked at her tomb (:) Psellos Orationes panegyricae IV, 464-490