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Frumentius

American  
[froo-men-shee-uhs] / fruˈmɛn ʃi əs /

noun

  1. Saint, a.d. c300–c380, founder of the Ethiopian Church.


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The bishop of Alexandria, Athanasius, duly appointed Frumentius, who assumed the name “Selama.”

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It was brought by the Syrian teacher Frumentius.

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Frumentius, these later missionaries were able to spread the faith into the Aksumite countryside.

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The eventual rise of the Christian Kingdom of Aksum was due in large part to the efforts of the missionary Frumentius.

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Frumentius in great fauour with the Queene of the Indias; Another great worke begunne by a man a meane birth.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Richard Hakluyt

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