Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Frumentius
- Saint.birth_date
- 4th century
- Saint.death_date
- 383
- Saint.feast_day
- 27 December (Ethiopian Orthodox Church) 20 July (Catholic Church) 30 November (Eastern Orthodox Church) 18 December (Coptic Orthodox Church)
- Saint.venerated_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchOriental OrthodoxyCatholicismAnglican Communion
- Saint.image
- St_Frumentius.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 140px
- Saint.caption
- Saint Frumentius
- Saint.birth_place
- Tyre, Phoenice, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Lebanon)
- Saint.death_place
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Saint.titles
- ConfessorBishop of AxumApostle to Ethiopia
- Saint.patronage
- Kingdom of Aksum
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Tyre
- Place of death
- Axum
- Occupation
- Christian minister
- Position held
- bishop
- Religion
- Christianity
- Image
- St Frumentius.jpg
- Work location
- Axum
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- Commons category
- Saint Frumentius
- canonization status
- saint
- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- date of death
- 0383-01-01
- time period
- Roman Empire
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- feast day
- August 1
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Feast date
- Patronage
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|Frumentius
Saint Frumentius (, ; died c. 383) was a Phoenician Christian missionary and the first bishop of Axum who brought Christianity to the Kingdom of Aksum. He is sometimes known by other names, such as Abuna ("Our Father") and Aba Salama ("Father of Peace").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frumentius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.