Yädla
fl. early 10th century
Orthodox
Ethiopia

Yädla, Abba (perhaps fl. c. early 10th century A.D.), is said to have been a descendant of Hezbä-Baräk. He was sent by Emperor Degna-Zan to teach the Gospel in Šäwa, and settled there in Zoräré in the district of Selaleš (the modern Bulga). St. Täklä-Haymanot was descended from him.

A. K. Irvine

E. A. Wallis Budge, The Life and Miracles of Takla Haymânôt (London, 1906).
C. Conti Rossini, Storia d'Etiopia (Bergamo, 1928), 267.

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.