Certainty: 1 First real encounters of Michael Psellos, Ioannes Xiphilinos & Ioannes Mauropous Certainty: 1
1042
Certainty: 2 Psellos, Xiphilinos & Leichoudes began Konstantinos IX's government of the talented Certainty: 2
1046
Certainty: 0 Psellos wrote to Xiphilinos, praising his disdain for the trivial, but demanding a letter Certainty: 0
1047
Certainty: 2 Ioannes Xiphilinos & Psellos polarised intellectual life in the city, & ancient chairs were revived Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Foundation by Konstantinos IX of School of Law: appointment of Ioannes Xiphilinos as nomophylax Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Psellos made a dismissive reply to Ophrydas' attack on Xiphilinos Certainty: 2
1048
Certainty: 1 Psellos, Mavropous & Xiphilinos agreed that if one was forced into a monastery, the rest would follow Certainty: 1
1053
Certainty: 1 Ioannes Xiphilinos became a monk, reminding Psellos that he had promised to follow him Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Psellos wrote to Ioannes Xiphilinos, promising to use no excuses to avoid following him to Olympos Certainty: 1
1054
Certainty: 2 Correspondence between Michael Psellos & others over his proposed tonsure Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Psellos' sickness (partly feigned) which he used to support demands for tonsure Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Psellos' return to court after tonsure, & its uncomfortable results
Psellos tried to return to court after tonsure, fearing for his reception because of his private and monastic status. As the mystikos to whom he wrote a wheedling letter assured him of a warm welcome, he sent a letter (Sathas 115) to Konstantinos IX and awaited a response. The letter to Konstantinos humbly elevated him close to divinity, referring to the memory of the deceased empress Zoe. He apologised that as soon as he had recovered from headaches, for all his promises, he had returned to his beloved books. He was eager to see the emperor again immediately. In a separate letter to Ioannes Xiphilinos he described life as a monk at court, like a plain, black stone among gems. Though honoured by Konstantinos IX he was unhappy in the palace, feeling far from God, taking refuge in books. He had not cut the strongest threads binding him to the world, nor blocked his ears against the Sirens' song
Certainty: 2 Psellos left Constantinople for Mt Olympos Certainty: 2
1056
Certainty: 1 Ioannes Xiphilinos charged Psellos with following Plato more than Christ, receiving a long & fierce reply Certainty: 1
1060
Certainty: 0 The nephew of Ioannes Xiphilinos was Psellos' pupil & colleague, intelligent & consistent like Ioannes, not a cone but a cylinder (?) Certainty: 0
Certainty: 0 Ioannes Xiphilinos sent Pellos only a drop from Horaia Pege; the plain & simple were virtues, but not the very brief Certainty: 0
1064
Certainty: 3 Ioannes Xiphilinos appointed patriarch, once the search spread to Mt Olympos; he accepted "demotion" from the monastery Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Ioannes Xiphilinos' determination as patriarch was to perform the liturgy daily, though many subordinates did not Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Xiphilinos spoke for the weak, disputing with magistrates & Konstantinos X himself, rising & berating him Certainty: 2
1065
Certainty: 1 Ioannes Xiphilinos decorated bare parts of Hagia Sophia, especially round the bema & in apses & higher areas Certainty: 1
1066
Certainty: 2 Revolt of Nikoulitzas Delphinas at Larissa Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos X, wishing to protect the rights of his children, made Eudokia swear not to remarry Certainty: 2
1067
Certainty: 2 Needs of empire or oaths sworn to Konstantinos X? Xiphilinos wondered whether to let Eudokia remarry Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Eudokia used a eunuch's persuasiveness to escape from oath sworn to Konstantinos X Certainty: 2
1068
Certainty: 3 Romanos Diogenes married Eudokia & was proclaimed emperor Certainty: 3
1069
Certainty: 2 Psellos wrote to Romanos about his return to Constantinople & publicity given to his victory over the ambush Certainty: 2
1071
Certainty: 3 Patriarch Ioannes VIII Xiphilinos ordered an investigation into disputed property at Melitziane Certainty: 3
1072
Certainty: 3 Synod convened by patriarch Ioannes Xiphilinos to discuss election of bishops to vacant sees
Ioannes VIII Xiphilinos, patriarch of Constantinople, convened a synod to discuss the election of bishops to vacant sees: forty-one metropolitans are recorded as having attended
1074
Certainty: 3 Proposed marriage of Michael VII's son Konstantinos to Helena, daughter of Robert Guiscard Certainty: 3