Βασιλική ΒΛΥΣΙΔΟΥ, Les relations entre l' ancienne et la nouvelle Rome sous Basile II et l'intronisation d'Alexis Stoudite, Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα, 24|2014, 293-311

The relations between the churches of Elder and New Rome during the reign of Basil II and the enthronement of Alexios StοuditesThis study investigates the relations between the churches of Elder and New Rome during the reign of Basil II and concludes that the attempts to impose Boniface VII in 984/985 and John XVI in 997/998 as popes of Rome and the long controversy between the two sides (1011-1024) was against the policy of the Macedonian dynasty and also threatened Byzantine rule in Southern Italy. Near the time of his death, Basil II assigned the continuation of the reconciliation policy with the Roman Church (accomplished in 1024/1025) to the patriarch Alexios and to the long lasting tradition of the monastery of Stoudios. The warm welcome given by Alexios to abbot Richard of Saint-Vanne, advocate of the rising power and role of the pope of Rome, reveals a deeper reason which dictated to Basil II the choice of a Stoudite for the patriarchal see of Constantinople.