Ḥawāryā Krǝstos
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ሐዋርያ፡ ክርስቶስ፡↗ normalized: Ḥawāryā Krǝstos↗ birth: ሐዋርያ፡ ክሶስ፡↗ normalized: Ḥawāryā Kǝsos↗ ṣaḥāfe tǝʾǝzāz role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was a member of the Gondarine court and the royal chronicler. He also belonged to the higher clergy in the court of Gondarine rulers. Intially, he was the azzāž (official to administer court activities) in the court of King Yoḥannǝs I↗ and towards the end of the reign of King Yoḥannǝs I↗ he was granted the title of ṣaḥāfe tǝʾǝzāz role: title ↗ . He was the author of Chronicle of Yohannǝs I and also partly the Chronicle of ʾIyāsu I.
Death
He died in 04-05-1700. He was killed in a battle between the royal army and the warriors of the Oromo↗ Guduru↗ .
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Names
- birth: ሐዋርያ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ gez
- birth: ሐዋርያ፡ ክሶስ፡ gez
- ṣaḥāfe tǝʾǝzāz role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1667–1700
Occupation
royal chronicler
Residence
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Editions Bibliography
Editions Bibliography
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Guidi, I., ed., 1960. Annales Iohannis I, ’Iyāsu I et Bakāffā. Textus, tr. I. Guidi, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 22, Scriptores Aethiopici, 5 (Louvain: Secrétariat du Corpus SCO, 1960).
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Chernetsov, S. 2005. ‘Ḥawarya Krǝstos’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 1049a–1049b.
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