 Constantine, known as "the former Jew" (ό εξ Ιουδαιων), remained at Phlouboute for twelve years.He was ordained a priest in order to evangelise the Jews of Nicaea.In a vision, Saint Spyridon told him to go to Cyprus, where he acquired a relic of a martyr named Palamon, which he gave to the monastery of Saint Hyakinthos in Nicaea.