Michael II Kourkouas / Oxeites, patriarch of Constantinople E / M XII
Μιχαήλ (Michael 12)
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- He was renowned for virtue and well-educated in religious matters
- ἀρετῇ περιώνυμος ἦν καὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐν μεθέξει παιδέσεως. Niketas Choniates, Historia 51.6-7
- A holy man of great virtue
- ἀνδρὸς ἱεροῦ καὶ πολλοῦ τὴν ἀρετήν. Kinnamos 64.5
- Was up to highest contemporary standards in excellence of character and the study of sacred authors
- ἠθῶν δὲ κοσμιότητι καὶ τῇ τῶν θείων μελέτῃ λογίων οὐδενὸς ἐλάσσω τῶν εἰς ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐπ᾿ ἀρετῇ μάλιστα διαφανῶν. Kinnamos 33.7-9