Short history of the Church of Makuria (mid-6th–early 12th century)

• Authors: Godlewski, Włodzimierz

Abstracts

EN

The article outlines the history of the Makurian church from the conversion of the kingdom to Christianity until the death of the archbishop Georgios in AD 1113, focusing particularly on the relations of the Makurian Church with the Church of Alexandria, and emphasizing its independence from Byzantine and Coptic influence from the second half of the 8th century until the time of Georgios.

Keywords

EN

Makuria; Church; Archbishop Aaron; Archbishop Georgios; Bishop of Pachoras Paulos; King Ioannes I; King Zacharias I; King Merkurios; King Ioannes II; King Chael; King Georgios I; Metropolitan bishop of Pachoras Ioannes I; Church of Archangel Raphael in Dongola [SWN.B.V]

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 27(1)
• Pages: 599-616

Dates

published

2019-06-14

Contributors

author

Godlewski, Włodzimierz

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.2444