Death of Konstantinos Leichoudes caused an outpouring of grief throughout the capital; then an interregnum

Summary:
The death of Konstantinos Leichoudes affected the whole city. His funeral was the cause of an enormous outpouring of grief and admiration as people spoke of him in the most positive way and sought to benefit from proximity to his holy corpse. Psellos produced an encomium, blaming himself that he had not yet performed a similar duty for Ioannes Mauropous. There was a considerable interregnum till the search widened to include Olympos, then Ioannes Xiphilinos was appointed 
Dates:
1063 August 9-10 
Emperor Konstantinos X Doukas (Konstantinos 10)
  • He left Constantinople without a patriarch for a time after the death of Konstantinos 13, not through neglect, but because of the lack of a suitable man; after discussion (and a suggestion from Michael 61) he settled on Ioannes 18 (:) Psellos Xiphilinos 421
  • His determination and the persuasiveness of Michael 61 won over Ioannes 18 to accept “demotion” from monk to patriarch (:) Psellos Xiphilinos 421
Konstantinos III Leichoudes, patriarch of Constantinople (Konstantinos 13)
  • His death affected the whole city; his funeral was the cause of an enormous outpouring of grief and admiration as people spoke of him in the most positive way and sought to benefit from proximity to his holy corpse (:) Psellos Leichoudes 418-419
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He blamed himself, in writing the encomium for Konstantinos 13, that he had not yet performed a similar duty for Ioannes 289 (:) Psellos Leichoudes 394
  • He proposed Ioannes 18 as patriarch of Constantinople when there had been a long interregnum; then, when Ioannes arrived in the capital, he joined with Konstantinos 10 to persuade him to accept “demotion” from monk to patriarch (:) Psellos Xiphilinos 421