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|SaintName=Saint Frumentius | |SaintName=Saint Frumentius | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=October 27 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Tyre, Phoenicia (now Sur, Lebanon) | |SaintBirthPlace=Tyre, Phoenicia (now Sur, Lebanon) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=33.27083, 35.19611 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=33.27083, 35.19611 | ||
|DeathPlace=Aksum, Ethiopia | |DeathPlace=Aksum, Ethiopia | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=14.1254, 38.7235 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=14.1254, 38.7235 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Veneration in Western Church | |NotableLabel3=Veneration in Western Church | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=41.9028, 12.4964 | |NotableCoordinates3=41.9028, 12.4964 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Lebanon; Ethiopia; Egypt | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Isfahan]] (for Ethiopian Catholic); general Eastern rites | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Traditional miracles in converting Ethiopian masses | |SaintMiracle1=Traditional miracles in converting Ethiopian masses | ||
|Profession=Bishop | |Profession=Bishop | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christian | |ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christian | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, Aksum, Ethiopia | |PrimaryShrine=Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, Aksum, Ethiopia | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Coptic Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Coptic Orthodox Church | ||
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'''Saint Frumentius''' (died c. 383), also known as Abuna Salama or Frumentius of Axum, was a 4th-century missionary and the first bishop of Aksum, credited with introducing Christianity to Ethiopia and known as the "Apostle of Ethiopia."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05281b.htm|title=Edesius and Frumentius|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> According to Rufinus of Aquileia's account (c. 402), Frumentius and his brother Aedesius, born in Tyre to a Phoenician Christian family, were captured as boys on a Red Sea voyage and enslaved in the Aksumite court, where they tutored the heir Ezana, gradually evangelizing the kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frumentius|title=Frumentius|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> After the king's death, young Ezana granted them freedom; Frumentius traveled to Alexandria c. 328, where Athanasius ordained him bishop of Aksum, sending Aedesius as priest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05281b.htm|title=Edesius and Frumentius|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> | '''Saint Frumentius''' (died c. 383), also known as Abuna Salama or Frumentius of Axum, was a 4th-century missionary and the first bishop of Aksum, credited with introducing Christianity to Ethiopia and known as the "Apostle of Ethiopia."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05281b.htm|title=Edesius and Frumentius|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> According to Rufinus of Aquileia's account (c. 402), Frumentius and his brother Aedesius, born in Tyre to a Phoenician Christian family, were captured as boys on a Red Sea voyage and enslaved in the Aksumite court, where they tutored the heir Ezana, gradually evangelizing the kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frumentius|title=Frumentius|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> After the king's death, young Ezana granted them freedom; Frumentius traveled to Alexandria c. 328, where Athanasius ordained him bishop of Aksum, sending Aedesius as priest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05281b.htm|title=Edesius and Frumentius|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> | ||