He was learned in all wisdom and specially distinguished for his virtues, the greatest of which was charity: he would often give away the clothes from his own back ...
Niketas Choniates, Historia 79.89-80.96
A man decorous in life and speech
ἀνὴρ βίῳ καὶ λόγῳ κόσμιος. Kinnamos 63.22
Apart from his simplemindedness, a man richly endowed with other good qualities