Tekle Haymanot


Tekle Haymanot
ተክለ ሃይማኖት
Painting of Abune Tekle Haymanot in a publication
The Righteous
Born1215
Bulga, Shewa
Died1313 (aged 97–98)
Debre Libanos, Ethiopian Empire
Venerated inCoptic Orthodox Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Eritrean Orthodox Church
Ethiopian Catholic Church
Eritrean Catholic Church
Coptic Catholic Church
Major shrineSt. Takla Haymanot's Church (Alexandria)
Debre Libanos, Ethiopia
Feast30 August
every 24th day of the month (Ethiopian Orthodox)
AttributesMan with wings on his back and only one leg visible
PatronageEthiopians

Abune Tekle Haymanot (Ge'ez: አቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት; known in the Coptic Church as Saint Takla Haymanot of Ethiopia; 1215 – 1313) was an Ethiopian saint and monk mostly venerated as a hermit. He was the Abuna of Ethiopia who founded a major monastery in his native province of Shewa. He is significant for being the only Ethiopian saint popular both amongst Ethiopians and outside that country. Tekle Haymanot "is the only Ethiopian saint celebrated officially in foreign churches such as Rome and Egypt."[1] His feast day is 30 August (Nehasə 24 in Ethiopian calendar), and the 24th day of every month in the Ethiopian calendar is dedicated to Tekle Haymanot.[2]

  1. ^ Tesfaye Gebre Mariam, "A Structural Analysis of Gädlä Täklä Haymanot", African Languages and Cultures, 10 (1997), p. 184
  2. ^ Donald N. Levine, Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopia Culture (Chicago: University Press, 1972), p. 73

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