Nine Saints
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The Nine Saints were a group of missionaries who were important in the initial growth of Christianity in what is now Ethiopia during the late 5th century. The names of the Nine Saints are:
- Abba Aftse
- Abba Alef
- Abba Aragawi
- Abba Garima (Isaac or Yeshaq)
- Abba Guba
- Abba Liqanos
- Abba Pantelewon
- Abba Tsahma
- Abba Yem'ata
Rugare Rukuni and Erna Oliver identify the Nine Saints as
Origins
Although frequently described as coming from Syria, only two or three actually came from that province; according to Paul B. Henze, others have been traced to Constantinople, Anatolia, and even Rome.[2]
The Ethiopian historian
Founding of monasteries
Besides converting the local inhabitants to Christianity, they also founded a number of
Abba Garima and the Garima Gospels
Recent radiocarbon dating supports the tradition of Saint Abba Garima's arrival at the Abba Garima Monastery in 494.[5] The Garima Gospels, which Garima is said to have written, is now regarded as "the world's earliest illustrated Christian manuscript" and the oldest surviving Ethiopian manuscript of any kind.[5]
See also
References
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- ^ Henze, Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia (New York: Palgrave, 2000) p. 38.
- ISBN 0-19-821671-8), p. 23.
- Richard Pankhurst, The Ethiopians, A history (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), p. 37 n. 38
- ^ a b Martin Bailey. "Discovery of earliest illuminated manuscript". "?". June 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01.
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