Mārqos IV
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ማርቆስ፡↗ normalized: Mārqos IV↗ ʾabuna role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was a metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who was consecrated by the Coptic Patriarch John XVI↗ to replace ʾabuna Sinodā↗ in 1692. Indeed, he arrived in Ethiopia in 1689 when Sinodā↗ was still in his episcopate. However, King ʾIyāsu I↗ was dissatisfied with ʾabuna Sinodā ↗ and requested John XVI↗ to consecrate Mārqos IV↗ instead of him. His successor was Krǝstodolu [III]↗ .
Death
He died on 5 July 1716
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Names
- birth: ማርቆስ፡ gez
- ʾabuna role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1692
Occupation
metropolitan
Residence
Faith
Coptic
Nationality
Egypt
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Crummey, D. 2007. ‘Marqos IV’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 791b.
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Tedeschi, S. 1991. ‘Ethiopian Prelates’, in A. S. Atiya, ed., The Coptic Encyclopedia, IV (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991), 1008b–1009a. page 1026b-1028a
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 14.9.2016
- 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
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