Ignatios of Phaselis

Ignatios of Phaselis (c1030-c1100) was a chronicler and monk of the eleventh century, whose writings span the period 1055-1098: from the death of Constantine IX to part way through the reign of Alexios I. Ignatius had a deep dislike of the Komnenid dynasty and all their works, a fact that is probably to be attributed to the anti-monastic legislation enacted by Isaac I Komnenos late in his reign, although one theory suggests Ignatios initially took part in the failed revolt of Rōmanos Skleros in 1063 before entering the monastic life.

Ignatios' chronicle was largely ignored for some time after his death, but from the fourteenth century onwards it became increasingly read and cited by later historians, who occasionally lift whole passages from Ignatios' writings.