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Miracle of St Michael on the healing of the leprous Jew (Sane)

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This anonymous Ethiopic hagiographic miracle recounts the healing of a leprous Jew named Sane through the intercession of the Archangel Michael. The narrative follows a bipartite structure: an opening hymn praising Michael, followed by the story proper. Set on Cyprus at the church of Michael in Chytri, the miracle culminates in the Jew's physical healing and conversion to Christianity. The work survives in the manuscript tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, likely as part of a larger compilation of Michaelite miracles. Its date of composition is uncertain, but it probably originates from the later medieval period.

The miracle exemplifies the role of Archangel Michael as a healer and converter in Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, and it illustrates the integration of local cult sites (Cyprus) into Ethiopic hagiography. It also contributes to the study of medieval Christian-Jewish relations and conversion narratives. The work relates to other Ethiopic miracle collections and to broader Michaelite literature.

Historical context

The work is preserved in Ethiopic (Ge'ez) within the manuscript tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, likely as part of a larger collection of miracles of the Archangel Michael. The source edition (betmas) provides no explicit date or manuscript context, making the date of composition uncertain; it probably belongs to the later medieval period, but this remains speculative. The setting on Cyprus links the miracle to the well-known cult of Michael at the church in Chytri (modern Kythrea), a major pilgrimage site. The narrative reflects common hagiographic motifs: saintly intercession, healing, and conversion. The bipartite structure—hymn followed by story—is typical of Ethiopic miracle collections. The text's transmission is limited by the lack of a critical apparatus or textual variants in the source edition.

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  • registerRegister: hagiography in Geʿez; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them.
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LIT7180MiracleMichaelJew:1 · narrativehigh
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after ተአምሪሁ፡ ለመልአክ፡ ክቡር፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ መዐርዒረ፡ ዜማ፡ ጥዑም፡ ዖፈ፡ አርያም፡ ዘይሰርር፡ እምጽንፍ፡ እስከ፡ አጽናፈ፡ ዓለም። ኀይለ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ያድኅኖ፡ እምዘሲኦል፡ አሥራም፡ በዝየኒ፡ ወበዘይመጽእ፡ ዓለም፡ ወያንግፎ፡ እምአፈ፡ ተኵላ፡ ርጉም፡ ወእመሥገርተ፡ ሰይጣን፡ ሕሡም፡ ለፍቁሩ፡ ዕገሌ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ተብህለ፡ ከመ፡ ሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ ክርስቲያናዊ፡ ዘይፈርሆ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወይትአመን፡ በጸሎቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ ውስተ፡ ደሴተ፡ ቆጵሮስ። ወከማሁ፡ ለዝንቱኒ፡ አይሁዳዊ፡ ዘነበረ፡ ውስተ፡ ጽልመት፡ እንዘ፡ ይሣቅዮ፡ ጋኔነ፡ ጽልመት፡ ወያደውዮ፡ ደዌ፡ ኃጢአት፡ በርሀ፡ ሎቱ፡ ብርሃነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ማሕየዊ፡ ወፈወሶ፡ እምሕማሙ፡ ዘትካት፡ ወሜጦ፡ እምዕልወት፡ ኀበ፡ ርትዕት፡ ሃይማኖት፡ በትንብልናሁ፡ ለመልአክ፡ ክቡር፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ መልአከ፡ ሣህል፡ ወምሕረት፡ ዘከሠተ፡ ሎቱ፡ አዕይንተ፡ ልቡ፡ እምዑረት፡ ውስተ፡ አሚነ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ርትዕት።
English
The miracle of the honored angel Michael, chief of the angels, a sweet melody, a lofty bird that flies from one end to the ends of the world; the power of his prayer saves from the hell of perdition, in this world and in the world to come, and rescues from the mouth of the accursed wolf and from the snares of the enemy Satan, for his beloved forever and ever, amen. It is told that there was a certain Christian man who feared God and believed in the prayer of Saint Michael, chief of the angels, on the island of Cyprus. And likewise for this Jew who was in darkness, while the demon of darkness mocked him and the disease of sin afflicted him, the saving light of Christ shone for him and healed him from his pain of leprosy and scab, and raised him from baseness to true faith, through the humility of the honored angel Michael, chief of the angels, angel of mercy and compassion, who opened the eyes of his heart from blindness to the true faith in the Trinity.
LIT7180MiracleMichaelJew:2 · narrativehigh
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ወለነኒ፡ ውሉደ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ይትኖልወነ፡ በስእለቱ፡ ወበአስተብቍዖቱ፡ ወያድኅነነ፡ ለሰይጣን፡ እመሥገርቱ፡ ከመ፡ ኢንጥፋእ፡ በከንቱ፡ ወይመግበነ፡ ለለ፡ ዕለቱ፡ ምስለ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ሠራዊቱ፡ ኢይርሐቅ፡ እምኔነ፡ ሰይፈ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ ከመ፡ ይጕየዩ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ሠራዊተ፡ ሳጥናኤል፡ ሰብአ፡ እለ፡ ያስሕቱ፡ ምሉዓነ፡ እከይ፡ ወትዕግልት፡ ወላድያነ፡ ሐሰት፡ ዘኢይቀብል፡ ቅልየቱ፡ ባሕረ፡ ፁግ፡ ወዕመቀ፡ ቀላይ፡ እሙንቱ፡ በጽላሎተ፡ ክነፊሁ፡ ይኅብአነ፡ ከመ፡ ኢያሥግሩነ፡ እሎንቱ፡ ለሐውጾትነ፡ ይምጻእ፡ ከመ፡ ይክድነነ፡ በመንጦላዕተ፡ ምሕረቱ፡ እስመ፡ ሰአሌ፡ ምሕረት፡ ውእቱ፡ እምትካት፡ ቂም፡ ዘአልቦቱ። በትንብልናሁ፡ ይዕቀቦ፡ ለፍቁሩ፡ ዕገሌ፡ ወያድኅኖ፡ ኀይለ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
English
And for us, the children of baptism, may we live by his prayer and by his intercession, and may he save us from Satan and from his snares, lest we be destroyed in vain. And may he nourish us day by day with all his hosts. And may the sword of his help not be far from us, so that all the hosts of Sataniel, the men who are full of evil and wickedness, and the parents of falsehood whose deceit does not accept a price, the sea of bitterness and the deep pit—may he hide us under the shadow of his wing, so that they may not harm us. For our salvation, may he come to cover us with the cloak of his mercy, for he is the one who asks for mercy from the dust of the grave, which has no end. In his majesty, may he protect his beloved, the leprous one, and may the power of his prayer save him forever and ever. Amen.
LIT7180MiracleMichaelJew:3 · narrativehigh
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after ተአምሪሁ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላአክት፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብሩ፡ ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ክርስቲያናዊ፡ ዘይፈርሆ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወይትአምን፡ በጸሎቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእት፡ ወሀለየ፡ ከመ፡ ይሕንጽ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲነ፡ ውስተ፡ ደሴተ፡ ቆጵሮስ፡ በስሙ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ ወሀነጸ፡ ወፈጸማ፡ ወአሰርገዋ፡ በኩሉ፡ ሠርጕ፡ ሠናይ፡ ወሶበ፡ ፈጸመመ፡ ሊኦከ፡ ኃበ፡ ኢጲስ፡ ቆጶስ፡ ወሀበ፡ ካህናት፡ ከመ፡ ይምምጽዑ፡ ለቅዳሴ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ ወገብረ፡ መቅድሃ፡ ለቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወነበረ፡ በርትእት፡ ሃይማኖት፡ እንዘ፡ ይትለአክ፡ በቤተ፡ ክርስቲያኑ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መበኩሉ፡ መዋዕለ፡ ሕይወቱ፡ ወነበረ፡ እንዘ፡ ይዚኑ፡ መንክራቲሁ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ ወበርሃ፡ ጽልመተ፡ ዑረቱ፡ ዘነበረ፡ ቀዲሙ፡ በከመ፡ ይቤ፡ ነቢይ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ዘይንብር፡ ውስተ፡ ጽልመት፡ ወጽላሎተ፡ ሞት፡ ሠረቀ፡ ሎሙ፡ ብርሃነ፡ ንቢየ፡ ትኅብልናሁ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስ፡ ገብሩ፡ ። Incipit in ተአምሪሁ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ በረከቱ፡ ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ክርስቲያናዊ፡ ዘአስተሐመመ፡ ሐኒፀ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ በስመ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ በደሴተ፡ ቆጵሮስ።
English
After his miracles, of Saint Michael, chief of the angels, he is with his servant, and there was a certain man, a Christian, who feared God and believed in the prayer of Saint Michael, chief of the angels. And he desired to build a church on the island of Cyprus in the name of Saint Michael, chief of the angels. And he built and completed it and adorned it with all good adornment. And when he had finished, he went to the bishop of Cyprus and gave (instructions) to the priests so that they might come for the liturgy of the church of Saint Michael, chief of the angels. And he made the sanctuary of the church and remained in true faith, serving in the church of Saint Michael, chief of the angels, all the days of his life. And he remained while recounting the wonders of Saint Michael, chief of the angels. And the darkness of his former error, which existed before, as the prophet says: "The people who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, the light of prophecy dawned for them." It is with his servant. Incipit of the miracles of Saint Michael, chief of the angels. His blessing. And there was a certain Christian man who had built a church in the name of Saint Michael, chief of the angels, on the island of Cyprus.
Citation. Tergwame, “Miracle of St Michael on the healing of the leprous Jew (Sane)”, LIT7180MiracleMichaelJew:1, machine-draft, 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/works/LIT7180MiracleMichaelJew#s1
Colophon. Source: betmas · licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (per file); site footer states NC-SA - treat as NC · model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor · provider: Relace · cost: $0.0023 · generated 2026-11-15.