Saint Yared
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Saint Yared is a 6th-century Ethiopian saint, composer, and scholar revered as the creator of the traditional Ethiopian liturgical music system and chant.
Aliases (1)
- St. Yared ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious figure
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Ethiopian Orthodox saint → composer → saint → scholar → |
| associatedWith |
Aksumite Empire
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Ethiopian liturgical tradition → Geʽez chant → |
| centuryOfActivity |
6th century
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Aksumite Empire
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| culturalHeritage |
Ethiopian Christianity
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| ethnicGroup |
Ethiopian
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| fieldOfWork |
Christian liturgy
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hymnography → liturgical music → poetry → scholarship → |
| genre |
liturgical chant
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sacred music → |
| hasCanonicalStatus |
saint
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| hasTitle |
Father of Ethiopian church music
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| honorificPrefix |
Saint
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| influenced |
Eritrean Orthodox liturgy
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Ethiopian Christian music tradition → Ethiopian Orthodox liturgy → |
| knownFor |
composing hymns for the Ethiopian Church
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creating the traditional Ethiopian liturgical music system → developing Ethiopian chant → founding the Zema system of chant → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Geʽez
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| legacy |
creation of a notational and modal system for Ethiopian church music
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standardization of Ethiopian liturgical chant → |
| name |
Yared
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| occupation |
composer
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hymnographer → priest → scholar → |
| placeOfActivity |
Aksum
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Ethiopia → |
| placeOfBirth |
Aksum
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Kingdom of Aksum → |
| religion |
Christianity
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → |
| veneratedIn |
Eastern Christianity
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Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → |
| writingSystemUsed |
Geʽez script
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
("St. Yared")
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associatedSaint |
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Ethiopian Rite
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associatedWith |
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Zema chant tradition
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centralFigure |
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Zema chant tradition
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traditionallyAttributedTo |