St. Tekle Haymanot

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Christian monk Ethiopian saint Orthodox saint

St. Tekle Haymanot is a highly venerated Ethiopian saint and monk renowned for his role in spreading Christianity in Ethiopia and for his ascetic life, often depicted as standing on one leg with angelic wings.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gädl of Saint Täklä Haymanot	1
Saint Takla Haymanot	1
St. Tekle Haymanot canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian monk ⓘ Ethiopian saint ⓘ Orthodox saint ⓘ
associatedWith	Debre Libanos Monastery ⓘ Ethiopian monasticism ⓘ Shewa region of Ethiopia ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	13th century ⓘ
commemoratedBy	churches named in his honor in Ethiopia ⓘ monasteries named in his honor ⓘ
countryOfVeneration	Ethiopia ⓘ
depiction	as a monk with a staff ⓘ standing on one leg ⓘ with angelic wings ⓘ
feastDay	24 Nehasé (Ethiopian calendar) ⓘ August 30 (some traditions) ⓘ
hagiographicGenre	Gädl (Acts of saints) ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
influenceOn	Ethiopian Christian spirituality ⓘ Ethiopian monastic rules ⓘ
knownFor	ascetic life ⓘ founding monasteries ⓘ monastic reforms in Ethiopia ⓘ spreading Christianity in Ethiopia ⓘ
languageOfHagiography	Geʽez ⓘ
legacy	central figure in Ethiopian sainthood ⓘ symbol of Ethiopian Orthodox piety ⓘ
miracleTradition	aided by angels in prayer ⓘ performing healings ⓘ
notableWork	founding Debre Libanos Monastery ⓘ
patronage	Ethiopian Orthodox faithful ⓘ Ethiopian monks ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Zorare, Shewa, Ethiopia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Debre Libanos, Ethiopia ⓘ
practice	extreme asceticism ⓘ prolonged standing prayer ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
role	missionary ⓘ monastic founder ⓘ spiritual teacher ⓘ
title	St. Frumentius (Abba Salama) ⓘ surface form: Apostle of Ethiopia Wonderworker ⓘ
veneratedIn	Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church (some traditions) Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → associatedSaint → St. Tekle Haymanot ⓘ

Patriarch of Ethiopia → associatedSaint → St. Tekle Haymanot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Takla Haymanot

Ethiopian literature → notableWork → St. Tekle Haymanot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gädl of Saint Täklä Haymanot