Abba Salama

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4th-century person Christian missionary bishop historical figure saint

Abba Salama, also known as St. Frumentius, was a 4th-century missionary and the first bishop who played a key role in establishing Christianity in the Kingdom of Aksum (Ethiopia).

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Label	Occurrences
Abba Salama canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	4th-century person ⓘ Christian missionary ⓘ bishop ⓘ historical figure ⓘ saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Abba Salama Kassate Berhan NERFINISHED ⓘ Frumentius NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Frumentius NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Athanasius of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Athanasius of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Christianization of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ King Ezana of Aksum NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Aksum NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedInYouth	Red Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	4th-century Christian saints ⓘ Ethiopian saints ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	4th century ⓘ
church	Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfActivity	Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Aksum NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination	Oriental Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ
ethnicBackground	Syrian Phoenician (traditionally) ⓘ
feastDay	December 18 (Coptic calendar) ⓘ October 27 ⓘ
honorificTitle	Abba Salama NERFINISHED ⓘ Father of Peace NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedReligion	Christianity to the Aksumite court ⓘ
keyContribution	converted King Ezana of Aksum to Christianity ⓘ established Christianity in the Kingdom of Aksum ⓘ organized the early Ethiopian Church ⓘ
languageOfTradition	Geʽez NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy	considered first Abun (metropolitan) of the Ethiopian Church ⓘ regarded as apostle of Ethiopia ⓘ
mentorOf	King Ezana of Aksum NERFINISHED ⓘ
origin	Tyre NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Aksum NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Tyre (traditionally) NERFINISHED ⓘ
position	bishop of Aksum ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
role	first bishop of Aksum ⓘ founder of the Ethiopian Church hierarchy ⓘ
servedAt	court of the king of Aksum ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Nicene Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
veneratedIn	Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (2)

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

St. Frumentius (Abba Salama) → alternateName → Abba Salama ⓘ

subject surface form: St. Frumentius

St. Frumentius (Abba Salama) → honorificTitle → Abba Salama ⓘ

subject surface form: St. Frumentius