Vincentiana Volume 44 Number 6 Vol. 44, No. 6 Article 9 11-2000 Devotion to St. Justin de Jacobis in Eritrea and Ethiopia Iyob Ghebresellasie C.M. Follow this and additional works at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/vincentiana Part of the Catholic Studies Commons, Comparative Methodologies and Theories Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Ghebresellasie, Iyob C.M. (2000) "Devotion to St. Justin de Jacobis in Eritrea and Ethiopia," Vincentiana: Vol. 44 : No. 6 , Article 9. Available at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/vincentiana/vol44/iss6/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Vincentian Journals and Publications at Via Sapientiae. It has been accepted for inclusion in Vincentiana by an authorized editor of Via Sapientiae. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Devotion to St. Justin de Jacobis in Eritrea1 and Ethiopia2 By Iyob Ghebresellasie, C.M. Province of Eritrea In speaking about devotion to St. Justin I should say in advance that this refers in a special way to the Catholics in Eritrea and in some areas of Ethiopia. As is well known, St. Justin's apostolate was mainly in the country which at one time was known as Abyssinia, but which today is two countries, Eritrea and Ethiopia. 1. Christianity before St. Justin's evangelization The first Christian seed was planted along the Eritrean coast in the first century,3 and in time, by crossing the Eritrean plateau, it spread into northern Ethiopia. From the beginning of the fourth century until the 18th, before St.