Giyorgis
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ጊዮርጊስ፡↗ normalized: Giyorgis↗ ʾabuna role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was a metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who succeeded ʾabuna role: title Sāwiros↗ in 1102. However, as soon as he reached Ethiopia↗ his behaviour caused him to be arrested by the king of Ethiopia↗ by his infamous affairs and vile deeds. Then, he was sent back to Egypt↗ . He was succeeded by ʾabuna Mikāʾel [I]↗
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Names
- birth: ጊዮርጊስ፡ gez
- ʾabuna role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1102
Occupation
metropolitan
Faith
Coptic
Nationality
Egypt
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Munro-Hay, S. 2005. ‘Giyorgis’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 810a.
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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 1005a-1006a
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