Classic DACB Collection

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Tasfa-Hedan

Alternate Names: Täsfa-Heda
1200s
Orthodox Church
Ethiopia

Täsfa-Hedan (perhaps fl. 13th century A.D.), was a native of Šäwa baptized by St. Täklä-Haymanot along with his wife, Iyalut, and their son, Qirqos.

A. K. Irvine


Bibliography

E. A. Wallis Budge, The Life and Miracles of Takla Haymanot (London, 1906).


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.