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==Frumentius the Slave== | ==Frumentius the Slave== | ||
A man named Frumentius, once a slave in Ethiopia, returned as a missionary and baptized King Ezana, who declared Ethiopia a Christian nation in 340 A.D.<ref>Jones, Terry, "Frumentius of Ethiopia", (May 8 2007) in <cite> </cite>http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintf06.htm</ref> Ethiopia developed in relative isolation from European Christianity. | A man named Frumentius, once a slave in Ethiopia, returned as a missionary and baptized King Ezana, who declared Ethiopia a Christian nation in 340 A.D.<ref>Jones, Terry, "Frumentius of Ethiopia", (May 8 2007) in <cite> </cite>http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintf06.htm</ref> Ethiopia developed in relative isolation from European Christianity. | ||
==Ethiopia and Europe== | ==Ethiopia and Europe== |