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The Acts of ʾAzqir is a Geʿez hagiographical work preserved in a single 15th-century manuscript from Dabra Libānos monastery. It recounts the 4th-century martyrdom of ʾA…

The hagiographic dossier of ʾAlāniqos is a Geʿez text preserved in a single 18th-century manuscript from Däbrä Ṭabur monastery. It claims the saint lived under Emperor ʾ…

This anonymous Ethiopic homiletic dossier honors the Archangel Raphael, surviving in multiple manuscripts from the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The work comprises…

The Imae of Yāred is an anonymous Geʿez hagiographic text preserved uniquely in the manuscript Betmaṣḥaf 270, held by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The work be…

This work is a Geʿez hagiography (gädl) of Emperor Fāsiladas (r. 1632–1667), a 17th-century Ethiopian ruler known for expelling Jesuit missionaries and consolidating Ort…

The Image of Cyricus is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography recounting the martyrdom of the child saint Cyricus (Quiricus). The text follows a conventional structure of trial…

The Geʿez hagiography of Dioscorus, transmitted in a single manuscript (Betä Mäsəḥəf 2983), recounts the life and veneration of the miaphysite patriarch of Alexandria (d…

The Image of Gabra Krǝstos is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography venerating Gabra Krǝstos ('Servant of Christ'), a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The text…

The Image of George is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography recounting the martyrdom of Saint George, structured as a conventional passion narrative with trial, torture, and m…

The Geʿez hagiography of Hripsime (Arisima) recounts the martyrdom of a virgin saint under the Roman emperor Diocletian. The text, preserved in Ethiopian synaxarial coll…

The Image of Libānos is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography preserved in a single undated manuscript (Rep. Ch. 377). It praises Libānos, a saint venerated in the Ethiopian tr…

The Image of Liqānos is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography preserved in a single manuscript witness, Betmaṣḥaf 390. The work venerates Liqānos, a saint commemorated in the E…

The 'Image of Mar Behnam' is a Geʿez hagiography of the Syriac martyr Mar Behnam, preserved in Ethiopic Christian tradition. The work is a translation, likely via Arabic…

This work is a hagiographic encomium of Mercurius, a Roman soldier-saint venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition. The text survives in a single known manuscript wi…

Image of Michael is an anonymous Ethiopic hagiographic work preserved in a single 20th-century manuscript (Betä Məṣḥaf 167, EMML 1839). The text consists of a series of…

The Image of Salāmā is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography celebrating Salāmā, a foundational figure in Ethiopian Christianity traditionally identified with Frumentius, the f…

The 'Image of the Suffering of Apater' is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography recounting the martyrdom of a figure named Apater, whose identity and historicity remain uncerta…

The 'Image of the Suffering of the Martyrs of Akhmim' is an Ethiopic hagiographic account of Christians martyred in Akhmim (Panopolis), Egypt, likely during the Diocleti…

The Image of the Suffering of Theodore is an anonymous Ethiopic hagiography recounting the martyrdom of Theodore under the Roman Emperor Anastasius (r. 491–518). The sol…

The Image of Theodore (the Oriental) is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography preserved in the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition. The text venerates Theodore the Oriental, a martyr…

The Image of Zenā Māryām is a Geʿez hagiographic poem celebrating the life of the Virgin Mary, structured as a series of salutations to her body parts. Its sole witness…

The Image of ʾAragāwi is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography celebrating one of the Nine Saints of the Aksumite period. It recounts ʾAragāwi’s ascetic life, missionary work,…

The Image of ʾAron of Dabra Dāret is an anonymous Ethiopic hagiography venerating ʾAron, a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. The work focuses on his mo…

The Image of ʾEwosṭātewos is a Geʿez hagiography (gädl) celebrating the life and miracles of ʾEwosṭātewos (Eustathius), a pivotal 14th-century monastic reformer in Ethio…

This anonymous Geʿez prayer addresses the Virgin Mary as 'birthgiver of God' (wālāditā ʾamlāk) and the archangel Michael, forming part of a larger corpus of Ethiopian Or…

The Life and Miracles of Mātyās of ʿĀddǝqe is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography preserved in a single manuscript (betmas:LIT1482GadlaM) of unknown date. It recounts the lif…

The Life and Miracles of Śamra Krǝstos is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography venerating a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The work belongs to the Gadla genr…

The Life of Susanna is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography (gädl) recounting the trials of a virtuous widow who resists remarriage after her husband's death. The narrative fo…

This anonymous Geʿez malkǝʾ-hymn venerates Takla Hāymānot, a major Ethiopian saint traditionally dated to the 13th–14th centuries. The hymn follows the standard malkǝʾ p…

The Malkǝʾ-hymn to ʾAbrānyos of Dabra Ṭǝllul is an anonymous Geʿez poetic encomium structured around the bodily and spiritual attributes of a little-known Ethiopian Orth…

The Malkǝʾ-hymn to Emperor Galāwdewos is an anonymous Geʿez hymn from the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition, structured as a malkǝʿ—a liturgical genre praising a sai…

The Malkǝʾ-hymn to Nob is an anonymous Geʿez poetic encomium praising the martyr Nob through a series of stanzas, each beginning with a body part or attribute. Preserved…

The Malkǝʾ-hymn to St Anne is an anonymous Geʿez poetic work in the malkǝʾ genre, which praises a saint by enumerating body parts and virtues. It is addressed to St Anne…

The Malkǝʾ-hymn to St George is an anonymous Ethiopic hymn of praise following the standard five-stanza structure, each with five lines, plus introductory and concluding…

The Malkǝʾ-hymn to ʾƎḫǝta Krǝstos is an anonymous Geʿez poetic work in the Malkǝʾ genre, praising the female saint through salutations to her bodily parts and virtues. I…

The Malkǝʾa-hymn to Māmās is an anonymous Geʿez poetic composition in the malkǝʾa genre, praising the martyr Māmās through salutations to his bodily parts and virtues. T…

The መልክዐ፡ አቡነ፡ አካለ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ is an anonymous Ethiopic malkəʿ-hymn in praise of the saint Akala Krestos, a 15th-century Ethiopian ascetic and monastic leader. The work surv…

This hagiographic collection recounts miracles at the tomb of the Ethiopian saint Madḫānina ʾƎgziʾ, including visions experienced by his disciple Gabra Krǝstos. The text…

This anonymous Ethiopic hagiography recounts a miracle of St Michael in which a Christian whose hand had become dry is healed through the archangel's intercession. The n…

This Ethiopic hagiographic miracle recounts the liberation of a man possessed by an evil spirit through the intercession of the archangel Michael. The narrative follows…

This anonymous Ethiopic hagiographic text recounts a miracle of the archangel Michael, who heals a blind man. The narrative follows a typical Coptic-Ethiopic pattern: a…

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…

This anonymous Ethiopic miracle recounts how Saint Michael transforms a poor man into a rich man through his intercessory power. The narrative follows the standard hagio…

This anonymous Geʿez miracle recounts how Saint Michael intervenes to help a poor peasant who discovers a treasure inside a fish. The peasant, exhausted and near death f…

The Miracle of St Michael on the sterile woman is an anonymous Ethiopic hagiographic text recounting the intercession of the archangel Michael to heal a noblewoman of Ro…

This anonymous Ethiopic hagiographic work recounts a miracle of St. Michael involving Egyptian sailors. The narrative opens with a doxological invocation of Michael, fol…

The Miracles of Mabāʾa Ṣǝyon is an anonymous Geʿez hagiographic collection preserved in a single manuscript (betmas:LIT6576MiraclesMabaSeyon). It recounts posthumous mir…

The Miracles of Māmās is an anonymous Geʿez hagiographic collection recounting four miracles attributed to the Ethiopian saint Māmās, possibly a local adaptation of the…

The 'Miracles of the Hymn ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer nagśa' is an anonymous Ethiopic hagiographic collection that recounts miracles attributed to the liturgical hymn 'God is King' in…

The Miracles of the Martyrs of Ṗarāqliṭos is an anonymous Geʿez hagiographic collection recounting miracles attributed to a group of martyrs venerated in the Ethiopian O…

The Miracles of ʾAbbā Yoḥanni of Dabra ʿAśā is an anonymous Geʿez hagiographic collection preserved in a single 18th-century manuscript at the Dabra ʿAśā monastery libra…

The Miracles of ʾAnānya is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography recounting miracles attributed to the saint ʾAnānya, also called Fāsīledes. The work belongs to the Taʾammərā M…

The Miracles of ʾEwosṭātewos is an anonymous hagiographic collection in Geʿez recounting posthumous miracles attributed to the saint ʾEwosṭātewos, a key figure in the Et…

The anonymous Geʿez hagiography recounts the life and posthumous miracles of Maqābis, an ascetic who struggled in the desert of Hor. Composed in the Ethiopic tradition,…

The Ethiopic Synaxarion is a liturgical hagiographical collection of saints' lives arranged by day of the year, used in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church. It derive…

The Geʿez Synaxarion is a liturgical hagiographical compilation of saints' lives arranged by day of the year, used in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It was tran…

Traversing the Sea is an anonymous Ethiopic hagiographic work that recounts a first-person sea voyage and shipwreck, blending travel report with spiritual reflection. Th…

The Vita of the Righteous of Ṗarāqliṭos (Gadla Ṣǝduqān za-Ṗarāqliṭos) is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography preserved in Ethiopian Orthodox tradition. Its composition date i…

The long recension of the Vita of ʾAbbā Yoḥanni of Dabra ʿAśā is an anonymous Geʿez hagiography that recounts the life and ascetic trials of a monastic founder in the Et…

This anonymous Geʿez homily, known by its incipit 'From Your Many Miracles…', is a hagiographic text dedicated to the Virgin Mary, read in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥəd…