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 Certainty: 2
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
Konstantinos X, when overcome by a serious illness some time before his death, entrusted his children to his wife Eudokia, his brother Ioannes the kaisar and the patriarch Ioannes Xiphilinos. Before dying he asked everybody to sign a document pledging never to allow anyone but his children on the throne. Konstantinos was promised, by an oath in the name of Eudokia, that she would respect the rights of their children by not remarrying if he died before her, nor promoting her relations or demoting Ioannes the kaisar and his children. It is plain that Konstantinos was very ill when the oath was drawn up, as Eudokia pleaded repeatedly in it that she did not want to see her beloved husband dying or dead. The children (Michael (VII), Andronikos, Konstantios) were present, Ioannes the kaisar and his children (Andronikos and Konstantinos) were given special protection, and Eudokia's cousins (including Nikephoros and Konstantinos, nephews of Keroularios) were implied to be dangerous. Eudokia called down bloodcurdling curses on herself if she broke the oath, empowered Ioannes the kaisar, the patriarch and the holy synod to enforce them, even allowing for a change of patriarch. The document was given to Xiphilinos for safekeeping. [It was broken soon after Konstantinos death]
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 Certainty: 3
1074
Certainty: 3 Proposed marriage of Michael VII's son Konstantinos to Helena, daughter of Robert Guiscard Certainty: 3