Michael II Kourkouas / Oxeites, patriarch of Constantinople E / M XII
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He was renowned for virtue and well-educated in religious matters
ἀρετῇ περιώνυμος ἦν καὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐν μεθέξει παιδέσεως. Niketas Choniates, Historia 51.6-7
A holy man of great virtue
ἀνδρὸς ἱεροῦ καὶ πολλοῦ τὴν ἀρετήν. Kinnamos 64.5
Was up to highest contemporary standards in excellence of character and the study of sacred authors
ἠθῶν δὲ κοσμιότητι καὶ τῇ τῶν θείων μελέτῃ λογίων οὐδενὸς ἐλάσσω τῶν εἰς ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐπ᾿ ἀρετῇ μάλιστα διαφανῶν. Kinnamos 33.7-9
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Ecumenical patriarch
οἰκουμενικῷ πατριάρχῃ.
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Hegoumenos of Oxeia
ὃς τοῦ κατὰ τὴν ... ᾿Οξεῖαν ... ἦρχε φροντιστηρίου . Kinnamos 33.4-5
ἡγούμενον τῆς Ὀξείας. Italikos 68, tit
Patriarch of Constantinople
ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως.
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ποιμένος ῾Ρώμης Νέας.
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ποιμένος ... τῇ Κωνσταντίνου. Kinnamos 33.3-4, cf. 64.5-6
πατριάρχην. Italikos 68, tit
πατριάρχῃ. Tzetzes, Letters 45, tit
πατριάρχου. Niketas Choniates, Historia 81.21
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Had touched the enkyklios paideia and secular learning with the tip of his finger, but was up to highest contemporary standards in the study of sacred authors
παιδείας μὲν τῆς ἐγκυκλίου καὶ μαθημάτων τῶν ἐκτὸς ἄκρῳ, φασί, γευσάμενος δακτύλῳ ... τῇ τῶν θείων μελέτῃ λογίων ... . Kinnamos 33.5-9
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Constantinople
was patriarch of Constantinople ῾Ρώμης Νέας.
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was patriarch of Constantinople Κωνσταντινουπόλεως.
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Oxeia (monastery, Princes' Islands)
had been hegoumenos of the monastery of Oxeia Ὀξεία. Italikos 68.tit, 74.10
was from the monastery of Oxeia Ὀξείας. Niketas Choniates, Historia 51.5
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