Salāmā II
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ሰላማ፡↗ normalized: Salāmā II↗ nick: ሰላማ፡ መተርጕም፡↗ normalized: Salāmā Matargʷǝm↗ Salāmā the Translator↗ nick: ብርሃነ፡ አዜብ፡↗ normalized: Bǝrhāna ʾAzeb↗ The Light of the South↗ ʾabbā role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He succeeded ʾabuna Yāʿqob↗ 1348 who had been expelled by King Sayfa ʾArʿad↗ in 1344. He was an important metropolitan for the development of Gǝʿǝz literature, who translated hagiographies, homilies and other works from Arabic into Gǝʿǝz. Apart from his translation works, he is also credited with one original writing, the Homily on the Deceased. (internal)
Death
Author of
- Homily on the Deceased attributed.
- Gadla Herodā attributed.
- Sǝmʿ za-qǝddusān ʾAbuqir wa-Yoḥannǝs ʾǝḫuhu wa-śalās danagǝl wa-ʾǝmmon.
- Taʾammǝra Minās.
- Gadla rǝʾǝsa nagaśtāt Yosṭos wa-ʾAboli waldu wa-Tāwǝklǝyā bǝʾsitu.
- Gadla ʾAbakarazun.
- Dǝrsān za-anbaro labāse ʾAmlāk walda ʾabaw ḥawāryāt ʾeṗṗis qoṗṗosāt bǝḍuʿ ʾabbā ʾAtnāsyos baṭrǝyārk za-ʾƎlla ʾƎskǝndǝryā za-darasa ba-ʿǝlata tazkāru la-bǝʾsi nabiy mamhǝra ḥǝgg za-manakosāt ʾabbā Ṗākʷǝmis ʾaba māḫbarāt.
- Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt.
- Filkǝsyos.
- Letters of Bädran.
- Gadla ʾAbrǝhām (general record).
- Gadla Yǝsḥaq (general record).
- Old Testament.
- Homily on the Deceased.
Translator of
- Baʾǝnta ʾabuna ʾAbrǝhām.The translation is attributed to ʾabbā Salāma↗ in some copies
- Gadla sǝmʿu la-qǝddus ʾabu Yǝsḥaq za-ʾǝm-Dǝfrā.
- Gadla Herodā.
- Lāḥa Māryām.
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Names
- birth: ሰላማ፡ gez
- nick: ሰላማ፡ መተርጕም፡ gez
- nick: ብርሃነ፡ አዜብ፡ gez
- ʾabbā role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1348
Occupation
religious father
Residence
He was born in Egypt.↗
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Egypt
Subject of
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Marrassini, P. 2010. ‘Sälama’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 488a–489b.
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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 1011b-1012b
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- Dabub Wallo, Dabra Ḥayq ʾƎsṭifānos, MS EMML no. 1939 The description of the manuscript also contains the following dates 1981 in a bibl element.
- Homily on the Assumption of Mary
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 54 The description of the manuscript also contains the following dates - in a handNote element, 15th Century in a handNote element, - in a handNote element, 16th Century in a handNote element, 1840 in a provenance element, 1848 in a provenance element, 1914 in a bibl element, 1912 in a bibl element, 1859 in a bibl element.
- Magaṣṣawi buruk
- BAVet268 The description of the manuscript also contains the following dates 1988 in a bibl element, - in a handNote element, 1962 in a bibl element.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻSalāmā IIʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 18.8.2016) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS8387SalamaI [Accessed: 2024-04-29+02:00]
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- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 18.8.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor