Frumentius
Americannoun
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Following his baptism, Ezana sent Frumentius to Alexandria to ask that the head of the Christian Church in Egypt name a bishop for Ethiopia.
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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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The bishop of Alexandria, Athanasius, duly appointed Frumentius, who assumed the name “Selama.”
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In 350, toward the end of his reign, Ezna was converted to Christianity by the Syrian missionary Frumentius.
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His task being now at an end, Frumentius asked leave to return to his own land with his brother Ædesius.
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
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