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Frumentius was a male Christian minister and bishop who lived during the Roman Empire. He was born in Tyre and died in Axum, where he also worked. A citizen of the Byzantine Empire, he is recognized as a saint within the Christian faith. His feast day is observed on November 30, December 18, October 27, and August 1.
He is described in sources including the Pauly–Wissowa, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. The subject is referenced by 1,765 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Feast date
- Patronage
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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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.