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Frumentius
Frumentius was a Syrian Christian who, according to tradition, was brought to Aksum as a captive and rose to serve at the royal court. He helped bring Christianity to the Aksumite Empire under King Ezana and was consecrated the first bishop of Aksum by Athanasius of Alexandria, founding the Ethiopian church.
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