Ioannes Xiphilinos decorated bare parts of Hagia Sophia, especially round the bema & in apses & higher areas

Summary:
Though personally ascetic, Ioannes Xiphilinos was a decorator of churches. He adorned many areas of Hagia Sophia which had been little decorated, especially around the bema and in the apses and higher areeas. He also worked on many other churches, from rebuilding to minor repairs 
Dates:
1065 (Uncertain) 
Ioannes VIII Xiphilinos, patriarch of Constantinople (Ioannes 18)
  • Though personally ascetic, he adorned many areas of Hagia Sophia which had been little decorated, especially around the bema and in the apses and higher areeas; he also worked on many other churches, from rebuilding to minor repairs (:) Psellos Xiphilinos 421