Leichoudes’ pronoia of the Mangana
2018
Leichoudes held the pronoia of the Mangana. In this case that means that he
was a pronoetes of an imperial estate, in latin a curator domus divinae. The
pronoia thus implies that he held an emphyteutic lease. He held it twice
between 1042 and 1050 and then again in 1057-1059, while he was mesazon. He
gave back the pronoia to the emperor in 1059 because of an objection raised
within the synod. Someone seems to have noticed that the pronoia would be
unacceptable with his new role as patriarch. This may be due to canonical
restrictions imposed on higher clergy in relation to revenue and sales of
property, which would be contrary to the terms of an emphyteutic lease.
Therefore, the pronoia of the Mangana was a kouratoreia, the administration
of an imperial estate and Leichoudes was a curator domus divinae.
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