Abuna Atnatewos II

Abuna Atnatewos II was the Abuna or head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (1869–1876). He was brought to Ethiopia by Emperor Yohannes IV, who raised the $20,000 to pay the Patriarch of Alexandria Cyril V.Paul B. Henze, Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia (New York: Palgrave, 2000), p. 146 
Abuna Atnatewos actively worked against the influence of Catholic missionaries; Asseggahen wrote to Antoine d'Abbadie that Atnatewos anathematized the Catholic bishop Massaia, and threatened to excommunicate the inhabitants of Shewa were they to associate with him.Letter dated March 1873, Internal Rivalries and Foreign Threats: 1869-1879, edited by Sven Rubenson (Addis Ababa: University Press, 2000), pp. 144ff 
The Abuna supported Emperor Yohannes' campaign against the Egyptian attempt to annex Hamasien.Sven Rubenson, The Survival of Ethiopian Independence (Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003), p. 321 It is reported that Abuna Atnatewos was wounded at the Battle of Gura, later dying on 29 June.Internal Rivalries, p. 253
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Category:Year of birth missing
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Category:Patriarchs of Ethiopia