Complex sentence: Cambridge University Press, 1995, p.78-79 In order to be coronated Manuel I first needed to choose a patriarch and he chose the abbot of the monastery of Oxeia, Michael II Kourkouas.
Split into simpler sentences: Cambridge University Press, 1995, p.78-79 In order to be crowned Manuel I first needed to appoint a patriarch. His choice fell on the abbot of the monastery of Oxeia, Michael II Kourkouas.