Manuel I was praised in two sets of Christmas hymns for his Serbian campaign

Summary:
Manuel I was welcomed to the capital from the west after an absence of three years. Poems for Christmas 1149 and Epiphany 1150 mention his success in the Serbian campaign and his many prisoners, and also prayed for the empress Eirene 
Dates:
1149 December 25 
Eirene (Bertha of Sulzbach), first wife of Manuel I (Eirene 66)
  • Prayers were said for her long life in the Christmas hymns of 1149, and the Epiphany hymns of 1150 which soon fiollowed (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXXIa.13, XXXIIc.8, XXXIIIb.12, c.20
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (Manuel 1)
  • He was welcomed to the capital from the west after three years' absence, in poems mentioning the Serbian campaign and its many prisoners, and praying for Eirene 66 (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXXI.a-c