Vᵉ siècle – Vᵉ siècle
Northern Ethiopian highlands
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The Nine Saints were Christian missionaries and monastic founders associated with the consolidation of Christianity in the Aksumite kingdom during the later fifth century. Local traditions connect individual saints with Aksum, Yeha, Debre Dimo, Mettera, and Guerealta. They promoted the Monophysite doctrine that later became known in Ethiopia as Tewahedo, while working alongside native monks, bishops, and Christian rulers.
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The Nine Saints are presented as the principal churchmen who consolidated Christianity in Aksum during the fifth and sixth centuries. Their arrival followed the theological conflicts of the Byzantine Empire, especially the condemnation of Dioscoros and the persecution of Monophysite Christians after Chalcedon. Seeking refuge, they traveled toward Egypt, Arabia, and the Aksumite kingdom, where they encountered a community connected to the Alexandrian patriarchate.
Their chronology is uncertain. The Tarike Neguest places their arrival during the reign of All’Ameda, while local chronologies assign that reign to different intervals between 460 and 497. Some authors instead place the saints’ arrival at the beginning of the sixth century, although the excerpt regards that alternative as less likely.
The saints established distinct centers of religious activity. Aregawi was associated with Debre Dimo, Guerima with Mettera near Senafe, Aftse with Yeha, and Penteleon and Likanos with Aksum. Alef, Tsihma, Ym’ata, and Gouba were linked with other northern localities, including Bhzan, Tseden Tsedeniya, and Guerealta, where churches and convents were often built in difficult rocky settings.
Vᵉ siècle – Vᵉ siècle
Northern Ethiopian highlands
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Nine Saints were Christian missionaries and monastic founders associated with the consolidation of Christianity in the Aksumite kingdom during the later fifth century. Local traditions connect individual saints with Aksum, Yeha, Debre Dimo, Mettera, and Guerealta. They promoted the Monophysite doctrine that later became known in Ethiopia as Tewahedo, while working alongside native monks, bishops, and Christian rulers.
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Le récit
The Nine Saints are presented as the principal churchmen who consolidated Christianity in Aksum during the fifth and sixth centuries. Their arrival followed the theological conflicts of the Byzantine Empire, especially the condemnation of Dioscoros and the persecution of Monophysite Christians after Chalcedon. Seeking refuge, they traveled toward Egypt, Arabia, and the Aksumite kingdom, where they encountered a community connected to the Alexandrian patriarchate.
Their chronology is uncertain. The Tarike Neguest places their arrival during the reign of All’Ameda, while local chronologies assign that reign to different intervals between 460 and 497. Some authors instead place the saints’ arrival at the beginning of the sixth century, although the excerpt regards that alternative as less likely.
The saints established distinct centers of religious activity. Aregawi was associated with Debre Dimo, Guerima with Mettera near Senafe, Aftse with Yeha, and Penteleon and Likanos with Aksum. Alef, Tsihma, Ym’ata, and Gouba were linked with other northern localities, including Bhzan, Tseden Tsedeniya, and Guerealta, where churches and convents were often built in difficult rocky settings.
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