Benyam
fl. c. 10th century
Orthodox
Ethiopia

Benyam, Abba (perhaps fl. c. 10th century A.D.), was a bishop who, according to the Gädlä Iyäsus-Mo'a, came at some time after Sälama Zä-'Azéb and also gave his benediction to the monastery of Däbrä Hayq.

Belaynesh Michael

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.