Mannāgašā Qeddus Giyorgis Church
Tābot consecrated 30 July 1894 in small existing building in Addis Ababa; moved 30 September 1895 to a new building; the tābot accompanied Emperor Menilek at the Battle of Ādwā, with the Ethiopian victory coming on the feast day of George (2 March 1896); as a result of his vow before the battle, Menilek began construction of the current church building in February 1907, which was completed by his daughter Zawditu in 1916; building damaged by Italian forces in 1936 and later repaired; coronation place of Empress Zawditu in 1917 and Emperor Ḫāyla Śellāsē in 1930
- HMML ID
- 435618241624
- PURL
- LC name
- Mannāgašā Qeddus Giyorgis (Church : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- HMML name
- Mannāgašā Qeddus Giyorgis Church
- HMML native script
- መናገሻ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ጊዮርጊስ
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Arada Giyorgis
- Church of St. George
- Gannata Ṣegé Giyorgis
- Gannata Ṣegē Giyorgis
- Gännätä Giyorgis
- Gännätä Ṣǝge Giyorgis
- Gännätä Ṣǝge Giyorgis Cathedral
- Menagesha Qidus Giorgis
- Mänagäša Qǝddus Giyorgis Church
- Männagäša Qǝddus Giyorgis Church
Organization information
- Organization type
- Churches
- Foundation date
- 1894-07-30
- Centuries
- 19th century CE ● 20th century CE ● 21st century CE
- Locations
- Countries
- Languages
Organization relationships
- Parent organizations
- Associates
General notes
- Description
- Menagesha Qidus Giorgis
- Citations
- Haile Gabriel Dagne, "The Establishment of Churches in Addis Ababa," in Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Centenary of Addis Ababa, November 24-25, 1986, ed. Ahmed Zekaria, Bahru Zewde, and Taddese Beyene (Addis Ababa: 1987), 57-78.
- Description
- Männagäša Qǝddus Giyorgis Church; Mänagäša Qǝddus Giyorgis Church
- Citations
- Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 4, O-X (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 811, 816.
- Description
- Gännätä Giyorgis; Gännätä Ṣǝge Giyorgis Cathedral; St. George's cathedral; Gannata Ṣegé Giyorgis; Gannata Ṣegē Giyorgis; Qeddus Giyorgis; Gännätä Ṣege Giyorgis; Qǝddus Giyorgis; Gännätä Ṣǝge Giyorgis; Arada Giyorgis
- Citations
- Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 2, D-Ha (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 268-269, 448, 693-695, 729.
- Description
- St. George's church; Church of St. George
- Citations
- Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 1, A-C (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), 81, 803.
- Citations
- EMML 663, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed July 2, 2021, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202498.
Preferred citation
"Mannāgašā Qeddus Giyorgis Church." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified March 11, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/435618241624
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-07-02
- Last edited
- 2022-03-11