| Lalibela ላሊበላ | |||||
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| Negus | |||||
 15th-century painting of King Lalibela | |||||
| King of Zagwe dynasty | |||||
| Reign | 1181–1221 | ||||
| Predecessor | Kedus Harbe | ||||
| Successor | Na'akueto La'ab | ||||
| Born | 1162 Roha, Lasta | ||||
| Died | 1221 | ||||
| Burial | Bete Golgotha church, Lalibela, Ethiopia | ||||
| Spouse | Masqal Kibra | ||||
| Issue | Yetbarak Judith[1] | ||||
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| Dynasty | Zagwe dynasty | ||||
| Father | Jan Seyum | ||||
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Christian | ||||
Gebre Meskel Lalibela | |
|---|---|
| Venerated in | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church |
| Major shrine | Bete, Golgotha Church, Lalibela, Ethiopia |
| Feast | 19 June |
Lalibela (Ge'ez: ላሊበላ), regnal name Gebre Meskel (Ge'ez: ገብረ መስቀል, romanized: gäbrä mäsqäl, lit. 'Servant of the Cross'), was a king of the Zagwe dynasty, reigning from 1181 to 1221.[2]: 22 [3]: 56n He was the son of Jan Seyum and the brother of Kedus Harbe. Perhaps the best-known Zagwe monarch, he is credited as the patron of the namesake monolithic rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. He is venerated as a saint by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church on 19 June.[4]
- ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. p. 285.
- ^ Getachew Mekonnen Hasen, Wollo, Yager Dibab (Addis Ababa: Nigd Matemiya Bet, 1992)
- ^ Tamrat, Taddesse (1972). Church and State in Ethiopia. ISBN 0198216718. OL 4953606M.
- ^ "Lalibela Day in Lalibela, commemorates the death of the Saint-King | Tesfa Tours". www.tesfatours.com. Retrieved 2022-01-15.