St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)

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St. Frumentius, also known as Abba Salama, is venerated as the first bishop of Aksum and the founder of Christianity in Ethiopia, playing a central role in establishing the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apostle of Ethiopia ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
alternateName Abba Salama ⓘ
Abba Salama Kassate Berhan ⓘ
Frumentius of Aksum ⓘ
appointedBy Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ
associatedWith King Ezana of Aksum ⓘ
linked to: Ezana of Aksum

Kingdom of Aksum royal court ⓘ
linked to: Aksum
associatedWithChurch Church of Alexandria ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 4th century ⓘ
commemoratedIn Coptic Synaxarion ⓘ
Synaxarium of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
countryOfActivity Ethiopia ⓘ
Kingdom of Aksum ⓘ
linked to: Aksumite Empire
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction See of Alexandria ⓘ
ethnicBackground Syrian ⓘ
feastDay Hedar 6 (Ethiopian calendar, often associated) ⓘ
October 27 ⓘ
historicalRegionOfActivity Horn of Africa ⓘ
honorificTitle Abba Salama ⓘ
influenced Christianization of the Horn of Africa ⓘ
development of Ethiopian Christian liturgy ⓘ
introducedChristianityAs state religion of Aksum (through royal conversion) ⓘ
introducedReligionTo Aksumite Empire ⓘ
languageOfLiturgicalTradition Geʽez ⓘ
notableFor conversion of King Ezana of Aksum to Christianity ⓘ
evangelization of the Kingdom of Aksum ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
patronage Ethiopian Christians ⓘ
Ethiopian Church ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Phoenicia ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
placeOfVeneration Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
positionHeld bishop of Axum ⓘ
first bishop of Aksum ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrderOrType episcopal clergy ⓘ
religiousTradition Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
roleInReligion founder of Christianity in Ethiopia ⓘ
founder of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Miaphysite tradition ⓘ
titleGivenBy Patriarch of Alexandria Athanasius ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → associatedSaint → St. Frumentius (Abba Salama) ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → foundationalMissionary → Frumentius ⓘ
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
St. Frumentius → alternateName → Frumentius of Aksum ⓘ
subject linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
St. Tekle Haymanot → title → Apostle of Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
Ezana of Aksum → convertedBy → Frumentius ⓘ
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
Ezana of Aksum → advisor → Frumentius ⓘ
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
Ezana of Aksum → associatedWith → Frumentius, first bishop of Aksum ⓘ
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
Abba Salama → alsoKnownAs → Frumentius ⓘ
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
Abba Salama → alsoKnownAs → St. Frumentius ⓘ
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
Abba Salama Kassate Berhan → alsoKnownAs → Frumentius ⓘ
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
Abba Salama Kassate Berhan → alsoKnownAs → St. Frumentius ⓘ
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
Christianization of the Horn of Africa → significantPerson → Frumentius ⓘ
linked to: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)