Excerpt from Scriptores Aethiopici, Vol. 23: Versio, Vitae Sanctorum IndigenarumFilius fuit sacerdotis, columen fidei, quod non inclinat se, administrator legis ecclesiae. Patrem habuit sacerdote... Mar'a wina-krìéstos nomine, matris eius nomen erat nayà-séyon. Uter que fidelis erat et Deum timebat. Et educaverunt eum in sapientia et constantia secundum legem et praeceptum. Cum tempus di scendi venisset, permansit in monasterio, psalterium Davidis discenda et Scripturas sacras recitando. Deinde diaconus factus, in praestanli ministerio more diaconatus administrando perse veravit. Cum vidisset pater noster Andreas, neb ura ed, sua vis Opere, pulchritudinem praestantiae patris nostri fére-mika'el, ornavit eum vestimento et cingulo et fecit eum monachum. Post haec inchoavit bonum certamen. In Opera precationibus danda non cessavit. Et in domo patris nostri Frumentii permamit, cum certabat.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.