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Probably the church was then dedicated to the Saviour, like the three other Comnenian churches in the city, the Pantepoptes, the Pantokrator, and S. Thekla.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

The son of Maria was named Alexius; and at the age of ten years he ascended the Byzantine throne, after his father's decease had closed the glories of the Comnenian line.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Milman, Henry Hart

He had been Bonaparte's faithful confidant from the outset of his career, and could furnish a queen who boasted an ancestry no less distinguished than that of the Greek emperors of the Comnenian family.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

Five dynasties--the Heraclian, Isaurian, Amorian, Basilian, and Comnenian families--enjoyed and transmitted the royal patrimony during their respective series of five, four, three, six, and four generations.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Kondakoff assigns most of the mosaics to the Comnenian restoration of the church by Maria Ducaena in the eleventh or twelfth century.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander