Gabra Śǝllāse
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ገብረ፡ ሥላሴ፡↗ normalized: Gabra Śǝllāse↗ ʾǝč̣č̣age role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was a native of Ḥamāsen↗ , took his monastic vow in a monastery in Tǝgrāy↗ , and received his theological education and honorific title mamhǝr role: title ↗ probably at ʾAksum Ṣǝyon↗ . He joined ʾabuna role: title ↗ in 1841 who remained as his spiritual son in his retinue at Gondar↗ during the rest of Zamana Masāfǝnt. During the reign of Tewodros II↗ , he was also with ʾabuna role: title ↗ and followed him to the place of his detention at the royal fortress of Maqdalā↗ in 1867. Following the death of ʾabuna role: title ↗ in 1867, he joined to the court of Mǝnilǝk↗ , where he became the father confessor of both Mǝnilǝk↗ and his wife Bafäna↗ . In 1889, Mǝnilǝk↗ dismissed Tewoflos↗ and appointed in his place Gabra Śǝllāse↗ who was solemnly blessed as ʾǝč̣č̣age role: title ↗ by ʾabuna role: title ↗ .
Death
He died while still in the office of ʾǝč̣č̣age role: title ↗ and was buried in Dabra Libānos↗ .
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Names
- birth: ገብረ፡ ሥላሴ፡ gez
- ʾǝč̣č̣age role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1889–1906
Death: 1906
Occupation
abbot
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Cerulli, E. 1945. ‘Gli abbati di Dabra Libanos, capi del monachismo etiopico, secondo le liste recenti (sec. XVIII-XX)’, Orientalia, Nova series, 14 (1945), 143–171. page 143-171
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Chernetsov, S. 2005. ‘Gäbrä Śǝllase’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 627a-b.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGabra Śǝllāseʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-11-01) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS4351Gabrase [Accessed: 2024-06-01]
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 1.11.2017
- 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
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