On December 5, 1646, the Ecumenical Council elected Neilos the Archbishop of Kea and Thira.

Twelve years later the former Patriarch of Constantinople Joannicius II was a bishop at the Metropolis of Kea and Thira.

[2] Italian historian Giuseppe Gerola was the first to characterize the work of Neilos in his second volume on the Venetian monuments of Crete.

Each frame has an exquisite visual story about Joseph's life according to the Old Testament narrative.

The signature on the piece is ΧΕΙΡ ΝΕΙΛΟΥ Α ΚΟΚΟΛΗΤΖΑ ΕΝ ΕΤΕΙ ΑΧΜΒ (Hand of Neilos A Kokolitzas in the year 1642).