Ephigenia of Ethiopia

Saint

Ephigenia of Ethiopia
Santa Ifigênia, wooden statue from Minas Gerais, 18th c. (Museu Afro Brasil).
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Ephigenia of Ethiopia or Iphigenia of Ethiopia (Spanish: Efigenia; Portuguese: Ifigénia/Ifigênia; French: Iphigénie; Greek: Ἰφιγένεια), also called Iphigenia of Abyssinia,[6][note 2] is a Western folk saint whose life is told in the Golden Legend[8] as a virgin converted to Christianity and then consecrated to God by Matthew the Apostle, who was spreading the Gospel to the region of "Ethiopia," which in this case is understood to be located in the regions south of the Caspian Sea,[9] either in one of the provinces of Mesopotamia (Assyria and Babylon), or in Ancient Armenia (Colchis).[note 3][note 4]

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  2. ^ The Benedictine Monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate (Comp.). THE BOOK OF SAINTS: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonised by the Catholic Church: Extracted from the Roman and Other Martyrologies. London: A & C Black. Ltd., 1921. p. 142.
  3. ^ Matthew Bunson and Margaret Bunson. Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Second Edition. Our Sunday Visitor, 2014. p. 416. ISBN 978-1612787169
  4. ^ St. Ephigenia of Ethiopia. The Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Retrieved: 6 September 2016.
  5. ^ Lists of Women Saints Names: September 21st. Ss. Mary and Martha Orthodox Monastery, Wagener, SC. Retrieved: 10 September 2016.
  6. ^ Robert C. Smith Jr. "The Colonial Architecture of Minas Gerais in Brazil." The Art Bulletin, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Jun., 1939), pp. 110–159. p. 115.
  7. ^ Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon, s.v. "Iphigenia". And: Rush Rehm. The Play of Space (2002, 188).
  8. ^ Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, 1275 (Comp.). "Here beginneth the Life of S. Matthew, and, first of the interpretation of his name." In: The GOLDEN LEGEND or LIVES of the SAINTS: VOLUME FIVE. First Edition Publ. 1470. ENGLISHED by WILLIAM CAXTON, First Edition 1483. Temple Classics, Ed. by F.S. ELLIS, First issue 1900, Reprinted 1922, 1931.
  9. ^ "Liturgical Calendars: Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Archived 2019-12-18 at the Wayback Machine." The Anglican Catholic Church. Retrieved: 10 September 2016.
    • Citing: The Anglican Breviary. Frank Gavin Liturgical Foundation, Inc., New York, 1955. Pages 1455–56.
  10. ^ "Matthew (the Evangelist), Saint." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica 2009 Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2009.
  11. ^ a b Ancient Ethiopia or Kush. TA NETER FOUNDATION (TaNeter.org). Retrieved: 8 September 2016.
  12. ^ The Classical Journal, Volume 17. A.J. Valpy, 1818. p. 8.
  13. ^ Martin Bernal. Black Athena. Rutgers University Press, 1987. p. 253.
  14. ^ a b Ancient Armenia – Once home to the "second Ethiopia" ? Ethiopianism-Ethiopiawinet Online Revival. November 20, 2012. Retrieved: 29 August 2016.
  15. ^ Herodotus. The Histories. Transl. by Tom Holland. Penguin Books, 2013. pp. 148–149. (Book Two: 103, 104).


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