After having attained the patriarchate, Cerularius aimed higher. He has been described as arrogant, presumptuous, and uncompromising — “seeming in his demeanour like a god pacing across the heavens. ”
तो मगरूर, गर्विष्ठ आणि हट्टी होता असे त्याच्याबद्दल म्हटले आहे — “स्वर्गात येरझऱ्‍या घालणाऱ्‍या देवासारखा तो वागत होता. ”