The name of Danelis 1 is also given as "Danielis". She was a lady of good family and extremely wealthy, living in Patras in the Peloponnesos, who had taken her name from that of her husband (εὐγενεῖ καὶ πλουσιωτάτῃ γυναικί, ἣ Δανηλὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ταύτης ἀνδρὸς ὠνομάζετο: Theoph. Cont. V 11, p. 226); she had a son, Ioannes 221, and a grandson (Daniel 5); at Patras she was one of the leading citizens, and, during a visit there by the future emperor Basil I (Basilios 7), she was told by a local monk (Anonymus 233) that Basilios 7 was destined for imperial greatness; before Basilios 7 left for Constantinople, she summoned him to her presence and gave him lavish gifts, a large quantity of gold, thirty slaves to enter his service and great riches in the form of clothing and other materials; in return she asked that he adopt her son Ioannes 221 as his spiritual brother; he was at first reluctant but she finally persuaded him to agree, and then, emboldened, she told of the prophecy that he was destined to rise to great heights and asked him only to remember them kindly; Basilios 7 in reply is supposed to have promised to give her the whole of that country (τῆς γῆς ἐκείνης ἁπάσης, εἰ δυνατόν, κυρίαν αὐτὴν ἀποφῆναι: Theoph. Cont. V 11, p. 228) (presumably, the Peloponnesos); this wealth formed the basis of Basil's later wealth and prosperity: Theoph. Cont. V 11 (pp. 226-228).

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