Takla ʾAlfā
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ተክለ፡ አልፋ፡↗ normalized: Takla ʾAlfā↗ baptismal: እንድርያስ፡↗ normalized: ʾƎndrǝyās↗ ʾabbā role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was a saintly monk from Goǧǧām↗ who was the abbot of monastery of Dimā Giyorgis↗ . When he was 30 years old, Takla ʾAlfā↗ was appointed as abbot of Dimā Giyorgis↗ by ʾaṣe role: title Lǝbna Dǝngǝl↗ at the suggestion of ʾabuna role: title Mārqos [I]↗ , the then metropolitan. Thus, he headed the monastery of Dimā Giyorgis↗ during the turbulent periods of the wars of ʾAḥmad↗ .
Death
He died at the age of 80 and was buried in the monastery of Dimā Giyorgis↗
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Names
- birth: ተክለ፡ አልፋ፡ gez
- baptismal: እንድርያስ፡ gez
- ʾabbā role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1500–1550
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Subject of
Secondary Bibliography Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Cerulli, E. 1943. ‘Gli Atti di Takla Alfā’, Annali dell’Istituto Universitario Orientale, 2 (1943), 1–87.
Secondary Bibliography
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Sokolinskaia, E. 2010. ‘Täklä Alfa’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 825b–826a.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻTakla ʾAlfāʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2019-03-27) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS9134TaklaAl [Accessed: 2024-05-17]
Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo removed occupation containing St, Saint, bibl, biblical or prophet, added keyword. See https://github.com/BetaMasaheft/Documentation/issues/1104 on 27.3.2019
- Solomon Gebreyes correction on 3.5.2017
- Solomon Gebreyes correction on 1.2.2017
- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 7.11.2016
- 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
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor