Ioannes VIII Xiphilinos, patriarch of Constantinople E / M XI
οἰκουμενικὸς πατριάρχης (Ioannes 18)
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- After his death the emperor (Michael 7) appointed Kosmas to succeed him
- κοιμηθέντος καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἀγύρω λῆξιν μεταθεμένου. Skylitzes Continuatus 176.6-10
- The encomium of him written by Michael 61 breaks off at the end, despite having promised to describe his death
- ὀλίγα ἄττα καὶ περὶ τῆς ἐντεῦθεν τούτῳ ἐξόδου ἐπιμνησθείς. Psellos Xiphilinos 421
- Was transferred to the eternal abodes after shepherding the church for eleven years and seven months
- Zonaras 18.18.3