Debre Libanos (Eritrea)

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Debre Libanos is the oldest Christian monastery in Eritrea. It was founded by Abba Meta in the early sixth century. A copy of a land grant from Gabra Masqal to the monastery is known, and the record of a later grant from Emperor Lalibela to Debre Libanos has survived.^[1]

Its library holds a number of manuscripts, some written as early as the 1200s. During the Haile Selassie era, many historical artifacts were lost.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Richard Pankhurst, The Ethiopian Borderlands (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 1997), pp. 22, 37
2. ^ Killion, Tom (1998). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810834375. 

[edit] See also

• List of Eritrean Orthodox monasteries