Leo IX wrote to Konstantinos IX, introducing his three legates

Summary:
Pope Leo IX wrote to to Konstantinos IX, welcoming his initiative in making overtures of peace to the papacy. He claimed it had been the unspeakable brutality of the Normans in murder and torture which forced him to take up arms against them - but without success. He asked Konstantinos to imitate Konstantinos I in supporting the universal church, in alliance with Henry IV. He accused Keroularios of persecuting the Roman church for the use of azymes, and of trying to subordinate the patriarchates of Alexandria and Antioch to himself. He presented the three legates he was sending to Constantinople, hoping they would bring Keroularios to his senses and restore peace. He reassured Konstantinos over Petros of Amalfi 
Dates:
1054 
Henry IV, king of Germany and western emperor (Henry 54)
  • Help from him was expected soon by Leon 29, who hoped for a future alliance between him and Konstantinos 9, with the papacy acting as intermediary (:) Leo IX  ep. to Monomachos (Will) 87B.7-88A.31
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (Konstantinos 9)
  • According to Leon 29, he took the initiative in making overtures of peace to the papacy, after many years of hostility; he implied that he respected the mother (church) and was considering returning to her (:) Tu enim post nimium longas et perniciosas discordias primus pacis et concordiae monitor, portitor et exoputatus exactor efficeris Leo IX  ep. to Monomachos (Will) 85A.24-86A.1
Pope Leo IX (Leon 29)
  • He spoke to Konstantinos 9 of the unspeakable brutality of the Normans, torturing, killing, burning churches, sparing nobody, which had forced him unwillingly to take up arms against them - but without success (:) Leo IX  ep. to Monomachos (Will) 86B.17-87B.2
  • He asked Konstantinos 9 to imitate his great predecessor Konstantinos I, in supporting the rights of the universal (and especially the Roman) church; he should ally himself in this cause with Henry 54 (:) Leo IX  ep. to Monomachos (Will) 87B.2-88A.31
  • He accused Michael 11 to Konstantinos 9 of persecuting the Roman church with anathemas for celebrating the Eucharist with azymes, and of seeking for personal aggrandisement to subject the patriarchates of Alexandria and Antioch to Constantinople (:) aperta persecutione in Latinam ecclesiam exardescens Leo IX  ep. to Monomachos (Will) 88B.9-19
  • He presented his legates to Konstantinos 9, hoping they would bring Michael 11 to his senses, because otherwise there could not be peace; he reassured Konstantinos over Petros 148 [because Amalfi was under Norman control?]: Petros had been in Rome away from his see (:) Leo IX  ep. to Monomachos (Will) 88B.20-89B.12
  • He thanked Konstantinos 9 for taking the initiative in overtures of peace to the papacy, after many years of hostility; Konstantinos implied respect for the mother (church) and the possibility of returning to her (:) Tu enim post nimium longas et perniciosas discordias primus pacis et concordiae monitor, portitor et exoputatus exactor efficeris Leo IX  ep. to Monomachos (Will) 85A.24-86A.1
Michael I Keroularios, patriarch of Constantinople (Michael 11)
  • According to Leon 29, he persecuted and abused the Latin church, anathematizing all those who celebrated the sacraments using azymes, though reputed to be a neophyte, elevated to his see quickly in an unacceptable manner (:) aperta persecutione in Latinam ecclesiam exardescens, anthematizare non timuit omnes, qui sacramenta attrectant ex azymis Leo IX  ep. to Monomachos (Will) 88B.11-91A.34
  • According to Leon 29, he acted against church and secular law in trying to subjugate the sees of Alexandria and Antioch to himself (:) Alexandrinum et Antiochenum patriarchas antiqua dignitate sua privare contendens contra fas et jus sibi subdere nova ambitione appetit Leo IX  ep. to Monomachos (Will) 88B.15-19