Manbara Negeśt Qeddest Qwesqwām Church

A temporary building for the church was ordered built by Empress Zawditu and the future Emperor Ḫāyla Śellāsē in 1926/7, which was replaced by the current one upon its completion in 1932/3.

HMML ID
562832239625
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/organization/562832239625
LC name
Manbara Negeśt Qeddest Qwesqwām (Church : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
HMML name
Manbara Negeśt Qeddest Qwesqwām Church
HMML native script
መንበረ ፡ ንግሥት ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ቍስቋም
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2022076639
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/19165624739642240320

Variants

  • Church of (our Lady of Mount) Qwesqwām
  • Kuskuam Maryam
  • Manbara Mangeśt Qusqwām Māryām
  • Menbere Negest Qusquam
  • Mänbärä Nägäśt Qǝddǝest Maryam
  • መንበረ መንግሥት ቁስቋም ማርያም

Organization information

Organization type
Churches
Foundation date
[1926,1927]
Centuries
20th century CE ● 21st century CE
Locations
Countries
Languages
Fields of activity

Organization relationships

Parent organizations
Founders

General notes

Description
Church of (our Lady of Mount) Qwesqwām
Citations
William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. III: Project Numbers 701-1100 (Collegeville: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, 1978), 200, https://archive.org/details/EMMLCatalog03.
Description
Mänbärä Nägäśt Qǝddǝest Maryam
Citations
Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 4, O-X (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 468.
Description
መንበረ መንግሥት ቁስቋም ማርያም = Manbara Mangeśt Qusqwām Māryām
Citations
Addismap.com, accessed December 10, 2021, https://perma.cc/8LYY-TH77.
Description
Kuskuam Maryam
Citations
Google Maps, accessed December 10, 2021.
Description
Menbere Negest Qusquam
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 (Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, 1987), 74.
Citations
EMML 876, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed December 10, 2021, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202707.

Preferred citation

"Manbara Negeśt Qeddest Qwesqwām Church." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified August 03, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/562832239625

Change notes

Date added
2021-12-10
Last edited
2022-08-03