Psellos consoled the founders of Nea Mone for their loss (of the monastery?)

Summary:
Psellos consoled the monks Niketas and Ioannes, founders of Nea Mone, who had suffered a loss [of Nea Mone?], despite goodness, monastic life and theoretical depth. He thanked them for promising him a book and for the mastic, sign of a need to chew things over before action 
Dates:
1056 
Ioannes, co-founder of Nea Mone on Chios (Ioannes 438)
  • He (with Niketas 166) was consoled by Michael 61 for their loss [of Nea Mone?], despite goodness, monastic life and theoretical depth; they promised him a book and sent mastic, sign of a need to chew things over before action (:) Psellos Letters (K - D) 36, 58.16-60.15
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He consoled Niketas 166 and Ioannes 438, who had suffered loss [of Nea Mone?], despite goodness, monastic life and theoretical depth; he thanked them for promising a book and for the mastic, sign of a need to chew things over before action (:) Psellos Letters (K - D) 36, 58.16-60.15
  • He consoled Niketas 166 and Ioannes 438 for their loss Psellos Letters (K - D) 36, 58.16-60.15
Niketas, co-founder of Nea Mone on Chios (Niketas 166)
  • He (with Ioannes 438) was consoled by Michael 61 for their loss [of Nea Mone?], despite goodness, monastic life and theoretical depth; they promised him a book and sent mastic, sign of a need to chew things over before action (:) Psellos Letters (K - D) 36, 58.16-60.15