Saint Frumentius (Ge’ez ፍሬምናጦስ frēmnāṭōs) (born at Tyre – died ca. 383 Ethiopia) was the first Bishop of Aksum (or Axum) and he is credited with bringing Christianity to the Aksumite Kingdom.He was a Syro-Phoenician Greek born in Tyre. Captured with his brother as a boy they became slaves to the King of Axum. He freed them before his death and they were invited to educate his young heir. They also began to teach Christianity.
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