Abune Petros | |
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Native name | አቡነ ጴጥሮስ |
Province | Wollo and Menz |
Diocese | East Ethiopia, |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1916 |
Consecration | May 29, 1929 by Pope John XIX of Alexandria |
Personal details | |
Born | Haile Maryam 1882 |
Died | 30 July 1936 Addis Ababa, Italian East Africa | (aged 43–44)
Denomination | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo |
Sainthood | |
Venerated in | Ethiopia |
Beatified | 1940s onward |
Abune Petros (Ge'ez: አቡነ ጴጥሮስ; born Haile Maryam;[1] 1882 – 29 July 1936) was an Ethiopian bishop and martyr, who was known for his execution by firing squad in 1936 by Fascist Italian troops for his resistance to the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.[2]
Ethiopian bishop and martyr, was born in Fiche, North Shewa, Ethiopia, as Haile Maryam to a farming family.
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