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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 7752485, member: 84744&quot;]Thank you so much [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER], this is awesome!!!&nbsp; [USER=84047]@Voulgaroktonou[/USER] was puzzled by the first line and you have now made sense of it: the metropolitan in question isn&#039;t an unknown &quot;Constantine,&quot; but the very much known Kyriakos!&nbsp; He is mentioned at the beginning of John Skylitzes&#039; <i>Synopsis of Histories</i>, which briefly presents Byzantine events from 811-1057.&nbsp; Kyriakos was the brother of Alexios Stoudites, Patriarch of Constantinople from 1025-1043, appointed by Basil II near the end of his life.&nbsp; Skylitzes says:</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus, contrary to all hope and expectation, Romanos escaped the danger of losing his eyes, [surviving] to be girded with imperial authority and proclaimed ruling emperor together with Zoe, daughter of Constantine. No sooner was he seated on the throne than he honoured his subjects with preliminary bounties and inaugural gifts. His earliest benefactions were in the religious domain.... He honoured three metropolitan [bishops] with the title of synkellos: Kyriakos of Ephesus, the patriarch’s brother; Demetrios of Kyzikos, with whom he had been close friends before becoming emperor; and Michael of Euchaita, who was related by blood to Demetrios as they were both born into the family of the Rhadenoi.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So the seal confirms Skylitzes&#039; account of Romanus honouring Kyriakos with the title Synkellos.&nbsp; Kyriakos is also a signatory to a number of synodical decisions, and was probably involved in the constant conflict between the metropolitan of Ephesus and the stylite monk, Lazaros of Mount Galesios.</p><p><br /></p><p>So cool!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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