Yared, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ethiopian church musician, music theoretician, priest and saint of the orthodox Ethiopian church at the time of the Kingdom of Aksum
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Place of Birth: Axum, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
About Yared
- Saint Yared (Ge'ez: ??? ???; April 5, 525 AD – May 11, 571 AD) was a legendary musician from the Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, credited with inventing the sacred music Tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Eritrean Orthodox Church and Ethiopian Catholic Church and Ethiopia's system of musical notation.
- He is responsible for creating the Zema or the chant tradition of Ethiopia, particularly the chants of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, which are still performed today.
- He is regarded as a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church with a feast day of 11 Genbot (May 19).
- His name is from the Biblical person known in English as "Jared" (Book of Genesis 5:15).
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