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Egzi’e-Kebra (‘Egzi’e-Kebra)

1200s
Orthodox Church
Ethiopia

‘Egzi’e-Kebra (perhaps fl. early 13th century A.D.), was the mother of Abba ‘Iyäsus-Mo’a.

A. K. Irvine


Bibliography

S. Kur (ed. and trans.), Actes de Iyasus Mo’a, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, Scriptores aethiopici, t. 49 and t. 50.

C. Conti Rossini, “La caduta della dinastia Zagué e la versione amarica della Be’ela Nagast,” Rendiconti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Vol. XXXI (1922).


This article is reproduced, with permission, from The Dictionary of Ethiopian Biography, Vol. 1 ‘From Early Times to the End of the Zagwé Dynasty c. 1270 A.D.,’ copyright © 1975, edited by Belaynesh Michael, S. Chojnacki and Richard Pankhurst, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All rights reserved.