ʾƎsṭifānos
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: እስጢፋኖስ፡↗ normalized: ʾƎsṭifānos↗ ʾafa nǝguś role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was one of the few learned officials of ʾaṣe role: title Mǝnilǝk↗ . He was small in size and physically frail, but he exercised an immense influence both in political and ecclesiastical affairs. He started his career as a clerk in the court of Bafäna↗ from where he was transferred to the service of Mǝnilǝk↗ in 1870's. In 1893, he raised to the position of liqa kāhǝnāt of the state and head of Däbrä Ṣǝge Qǝddus Uraʾel↗ church of ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ . He continued to serve during the reign of ʾIyāsu↗ and the first seven years of the reign of Zawditu↗ .
Death
He died of illness and was buried at the Uraʾel↗ ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ .
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Names
- birth: እስጢፋኖስ፡ gez
- ʾafa nǝguś role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1865–1922
Death: 1922
Occupation
official
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Bairu Tafla 2005. ‘Ǝsṭifanos’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 391b.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻʾƎsṭifānosʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-02-15) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS3891estifano [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: complete record on 15.2.2017
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor