Giyorgis
fl. 13th century
Orthodox
Ethiopia

Giyorgis, Abunä , was a Metropolitan of Ethiopia, probably a successor of Abunä Yeshaq. He was in office in 1225, and one tradition has it that in his time, in the reign of Emperor Lalibäla, the Kebrä Nägäst ("Glory of Kings") was brought to Ethiopia.

A. K. Irvine

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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.