Classic DACB Collection
All articles created or submitted in the first twenty years of the project, from 1995 to 2015.Mesraqawi, Yohannes
Yohannes Mesraqawi, Abba (perhaps fl. 11th century A.D.), also known as Yohannes of Sägäro from the monastery which he founded, was a monk and missionary of uncertain date. A foreigner “from the East,” he was apparently active in northern Šäwa, and he is often called “The Apostle of Mänz.” His unpublished Life contains few historical facts; extracts are translated by Cerulli.
A. K. Irvine
Bibliography
Enrico Cerulli, *La letteratura etiopica *(Firenze, 1968), 78-80.
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.
