Salama III.

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Salama III. - portrayed by Rev. Henry Aaron Stern (1859)

Salama III. († October 25, 1867 ) was a metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church .

The Copt , who was educated in Cairo , was ordained bishop of Ethiopia by the Copt Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria in 1841, while still in his twenties, and reached Gondar on February 25, 1842. There he soon came into conflict with King Śahla Śellase († 1847) , excommunicated him and was then banished to Tigre. In 1854 the future emperor Tewodros II brought him back to Gondar, whom he crowned " King of Kings " on February 11, 1855 . A conflict soon arose between the two over questions of state church law. In 1864 Tewodros († April 12, 1868) exiled Salama III. to Magdala Fortress , where he died in captivity on October 25, 1867.

See also

literature

  • Donald Crummey - Getatchew Haile: Abunä Sälama: Metropolitan of Ethiopia, 1841-1867. A New Ge'ez Biography . In: Journal of Ethiópian Studies 37, 1 (2004) 5-40.
personal data
SURNAME Salama III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Metropolitan of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1867