According to Tomadakes' interpretation of Theophanes' Vita Joseph was liberated after 28 January 842, and arrived at Constantinople by February 843, before the feast of Orthodoxy on March 11.(Stiernon 1973, p. 252) Stiernon, Daniel (1973). "La vie et l'œuvre de S. Joseph l'Hymnographe. À propos d'une publication récente". Revue des études byzantines. 31: 243–266. doi:10.3406/rebyz.1973.1468.
The earliest hagiographic sources are not clear to which saint the relics do really belong. Gregory, Bartholomew, and John (in Georgian versions) are mentioned, but they probably do not refer to Joseph's circle, but to Joseph's own hagiographic synaxaries dedicated to Bartholomew the Apostle and John of Egypt.(Stiernon 1973, p. 260) Stiernon, Daniel (1973). "La vie et l'œuvre de S. Joseph l'Hymnographe. À propos d'une publication récente". Revue des études byzantines. 31: 243–266. doi:10.3406/rebyz.1973.1468.
Stiernon 1973, pp. 252f proposed the following datation: the enclosure with his disciple John at the hermitage St. Antipas (843-850), John's death (850), Joseph's stay at a sanctuary (σῆκος) of St. John Chrysostom (850-855), and the foundation of his monastery (855). Stiernon, Daniel (1973). "La vie et l'œuvre de S. Joseph l'Hymnographe. À propos d'une publication récente". Revue des études byzantines. 31: 243–266. doi:10.3406/rebyz.1973.1468.
Ev. Tomadakes in Stiernon 1973, p. 253 dates the exile during the first patriarchate of Photius (858-867). Stiernon, Daniel (1973). "La vie et l'œuvre de S. Joseph l'Hymnographe. À propos d'une publication récente". Revue des études byzantines. 31: 243–266. doi:10.3406/rebyz.1973.1468.
About the hagiographic sources in Anon. 1909, p. 131 and their interpretation, see Stiernon 1973, pp. 245–248 Stiernon, Daniel (1973). "La vie et l'œuvre de S. Joseph l'Hymnographe. À propos d'une publication récente". Revue des études byzantines. 31: 243–266. doi:10.3406/rebyz.1973.1468.
Stiernon 1973, p. 244. Stiernon, Daniel (1973). "La vie et l'œuvre de S. Joseph l'Hymnographe. À propos d'une publication récente". Revue des études byzantines. 31: 243–266. doi:10.3406/rebyz.1973.1468.
Stiernon 1973, p. 248. Stiernon, Daniel (1973). "La vie et l'œuvre de S. Joseph l'Hymnographe. À propos d'une publication récente". Revue des études byzantines. 31: 243–266. doi:10.3406/rebyz.1973.1468.