Konstantinos III Leichoudes, patriarch of Constantinople E / L XI
Κωνσταντίνου (Konstantinos 13) Permalink: http://db.pbw.kcl.ac.uk/pbw2011/entity/person/107529
Narrative (106) Death (5) After his death he was succeeded by Ioannes 18 Xiphilinos Skylitzes Continuatus 117.13-14 After his death many candidates were examined but Ioannes 18 Xiphilinos was deemed the worthiest to succeed him on the patriarchal throne τοῦ πατριάρχου θανόντος. Attaleiates: History 92.23-93.2 / 70.11-12 After steering the Church for four years and six months he was transferred to another life Zonaras 18.9.16 Died and was succeeded by Ioannes 18 Xiphilinos τελευτήσαντος. Glykas 606.14-15 He showed symptoms of impending death when visited by Michael 61 , and this was reported to the emperor Konstantinos 10 ; the emperor grieved and visited him, and then he died Psellos Leichoudes 418 Description (37) Dignity/Office (41) Education (4) He became the acknowledged expert in many areas of academic endeavour, with a very unusual breadth of skills καὶ ἦν μόνος ὀρθογραφίας κανών, τέχνη ῥητορικῆς, στάθμη νομοθεσίας. Psellos Leichoudes 396 He passed triumphantly through elementary and advanced education, amazing his teachers and becoming an expert in several fields, especially rhetoric Psellos Leichoudes 391-392 His education ended with a specialisation in law and politics ... τὰς πολιτικὰς τέχνας. Psellos Leichoudes 395 His eloquence made him recognised among the chief scholars τοῖς πρώτοις σοφοῖς ὁ λόγος ἐγνώρισεν. Psellos: Chronographia VII 65.22-3 Second Name (10) Leichoudes (6 sources)Leichoudias καὶ Λειχουδίαν ἐκάλουν. Bryennios 99.2-3 Leichoudes Λειχούδης. Zonaras 18.3.2, 18.5.9, 18.5.11, etc. Λειχούδης. Zonaras 17.28.15 Λειχούδην. Psellos Leichoudes 388 (tit.) Λειχούδῃ. Psellos Letters (Sathas) 28.262 tit. Kinship (3) Location (15) Occupation/Vocation (1) Priest ἐπεὶ γὰρ ὁ Λειχούδης ἐψηφιστό τε καὶ προκεχείριστο καὶ ἱερεὺς ἤδη κεχειροτόνητο. Zonaras 18.5.11 Uncertain Ident (2)