Tekle Haymanot

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Tekle Haymanot is a highly venerated Ethiopian Orthodox saint and monk traditionally credited with spreading Christianity in Ethiopia and founding the Debre Libanos monastery.

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Tekle Haymanot canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary
Christian monk
Ethiopian Orthodox saint
associatedWith Christianization of Ethiopia NERFINISHED
Debre Libanos monastery NERFINISHED
Ethiopian monasticism
canonizationStatus saint
centuryOfActivity 13th century (traditional attribution)
commemoratedBy Debre Libanos annual pilgrimage
commemoratedIn Ethiopian Synaxarium NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Ethiopia NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Ethiopian
founderOf Debre Libanos monastery NERFINISHED
gender male
hasCultCenter Debre Libanos NERFINISHED
hasFeastDay Ethiopian calendar 24 Nehasé
Gregorian calendar early September (approx.)
hasLegend grew six wings by divine grace
prayed standing on one leg for many years
hasPatronage Ethiopian Orthodox faithful
Ethiopian monks
hasTitle Abba Tekle Haymanot NERFINISHED
Saint Tekle Haymanot NERFINISHED
iconographicAttribute depicted with one leg
depicted with six wings
holding a cross
wearing Ethiopian monastic habit
influenced Ethiopian Christian spirituality
Ethiopian monastic tradition
languageOfWorship Amharic
Geʽez NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Geʽez (traditional attribution)
notableWork founding Debre Libanos monastery
spreading Christianity in Ethiopia
occupation missionary
monk
saint
placeOfActivity Ethiopia NERFINISHED
Shoa region NERFINISHED
region Horn of Africa NERFINISHED
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church NERFINISHED
traditionallyCreditedWith converting many people in Shoa to Christianity
establishing major monastic centers in Ethiopia
veneratedIn Catholic Church (Ethiopian tradition) NERFINISHED
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria NERFINISHED
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church NERFINISHED
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church NERFINISHED

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