Nikolaos, founder and later kathegoumenos of the monastery of Horaia Pege on Mt Olympos, had died a little before Psellos arrived there as a monk. Psellos wrote a funeral encomium of Nikolaos, with several indications of performance before the monks in the church of the monastery. [Several demonstratives and first person verbs in connection with the monastery situate the writing and performance of the encomium during the time of his residence there, when he worshipped in the church and saw its icons daily]