Säga-Zä-'Ab
fl. late 12th to early 13th century
Orthodox
Ethiopia

Säga-Zä-'Ab (perhaps fl. late 12th -early 13th century A.D.), was the father of St. Täklä-Haymanot. Of a priestly family, he was living in the district of Zoräré in Selaleš, now Bulga, in Šäwa, when he had to flee from the persecution of the pagan governor of Damot, Motälamé. His wife, 'Eszi'e-Haräya, was only saved by divine intervention and was reunited with him in Zoräré, where their son was born.

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.