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Greek Documents	13.6 Document signed by the Protos Pavlos July 1089 Xenophontos Monastery, Archives Parchment, 270.8 x 30.7 cm
	In execution of an order issued by the Emperor Alexios I Comnenos, the Protos and the Synaxis at Karyes cede to the monk Symeon, who had served as megas droungarios (that is, the senior judge in Constantinople), the Xenophontos Monastery, which he had refurbished, together with all its property on Mount Athos and elsewhere. The document also sets out the administrative regulations of the monastery: election and installation of the hegumen, hierarchical position of the hegumen at Karyes, representation at the Synaxis, financial provisions. The document illustrates a typical case of imperial intervention in the monastic community and the resistance of the local authorities to such outside interference.
	Bibliography: Actes de Xenophon 1986, no. 1.
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	Index of exhibits of Monastery of Xenophontos 11th century

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