Gebre Meskel Lalibela

Lalibela
ላሊበላ
Negus
15th-century painting of King Lalibela
King of Zagwe dynasty
Reign1181–1221
PredecessorKedus Harbe
SuccessorNa'akueto La'ab
Born1162
Roha, Lasta
Died1221
Burial
Bete Golgotha church, Lalibela, Ethiopia
SpouseMasqal Kibra
IssueYetbarak
Judith[1]
Regnal name
Gebre Meskel
DynastyZagwe dynasty
FatherJan Seyum
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Christian
Gebre Meskel Lalibela
Venerated inEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Major shrineBete, Golgotha Church, Lalibela, Ethiopia
Feast19 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]

  1. ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. p. 285.
  2. ^ Getachew Mekonnen Hasen, Wollo, Yager Dibab (Addis Ababa: Nigd Matemiya Bet, 1992)
  3. ^ Tamrat, Taddesse (1972). Church and State in Ethiopia. ISBN 0198216718. OL 4953606M.
  4. ^ "Lalibela Day in Lalibela, commemorates the death of the Saint-King | Tesfa Tours". www.tesfatours.com. Retrieved 2022-01-15.