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Whole family castrated and banished to Lesbos
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Date: July 2nd, 2025 1:46 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Michael V exiled John to the monastery of Monobatae in 1041 and then, again according to Psellos, had all of John's male relatives castrated. John and his brother Constantine were blinded in 1042 by order of the Patriarch of Constantinople, Michael I Cerularius. During the reign of Constantine IX, John was sent to Lesbos, where he died on 13 May 1043.
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