The Kebra Nagast 19
How This Book Came to Be Found
Demateyos, also named Domitius, held the office of Archbishop of Rom in Constantinople, also called Byzantium.
1nd Demateyos (Domitius), the Archbishop of Rom (i.e., Constantinople, Byzantium), said, " I have found in the Church of [Saint] Sophia among the books and the royal treasures a manuscript [which stated] that the whole kingdom of the world [belonged] to the Emperor of Rom and the Emperor of Ethiopia."
Did You Know?
Demateyos, also named Domitius, held the office of Archbishop of Rom in Constantinople, also called Byzantium.
In the Church of Saint Sophia, Demateyos discovered a manuscript stored among the books and the royal treasures.
That manuscript claimed the whole kingdom of the world belonged jointly to the Emperors of Rom and Ethiopia.
The Archbishop of Rom linked world dominion to the Emperor of Rom and the Emperor of Ethiopia in one text.
According to Demateyos, the Emperors of Rom and Ethiopia together held claim to the whole kingdom of the world.
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