Psellos wrote Oratio Panegyrica 11 & Oratoria Minora 1 for Theodora

Summary:
Psellos wrote an encomium of Theodora, speaking of an unspecified great evil from which the capital had been spared by God's grace (the plague?). She was praised for promoting an unnamed legal expert to power over the laws. She was also praised for many virtues, especially her virginity. Another speech was a lenten silention in praise of fasting, written in Theodora's persona 
Dates:
1055-1056 
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He wrote an encomium of Theodora 1, speaking of an unspecified great evil from which the capital had been spared (the plague ?), Theodora's personal virtues and the promotion of an unnamed legal expert Psellos Orationes panegyricae XI, 1-132
  • Composed a speech for the empress Theodora 1 Σελέντιον ἐκφωνηθὲν ἐπὶ τῶν ἡμερῶν τῆς βασιλίσσης κυρᾶς Θεοδώρας Psellos Oratoria minora 1-4
Empress Theodora (Theodora 1)
  • An enkomion was composed in her honour by Michael 61 Psellos (:) Σελέντιον ἐκφωνηθὲν ἐπὶ τῶν ἡμερῶν τῆς βασιλίσσης κυρᾶς Θεοδώρας Psellos Oratoria minora 1-4
  • She promoted to power over the laws a man (Anonymus 2128) who had made great improvements in them and outshone all other legal experts (:) Psellos Orationes panegyricae XI, 117-127
  • She was congratulated by Michael 61 because the capital had, by God’s grace, escaped a terrible evil (the plague ?); she was also praised for many virtues, especially her virginity (:) Psellos Orationes panegyricae XI, 1-98