Salama was originally brought to Ethiopia by DejazmachWube Haile Maryam. He afterwards attached himself to the party of EmperorTewodros II for his help to settle the theological disputes dividing the Ethiopian Church and to gain control over the fractured Church organization.
As Tewodros' power dwindled, however, Salama found himself more often at odds with the emperor until he was made a prisoner (1864), and eventually confined to the village of Amba Mariam (then called Magdala in Wollo Province), where he died of bronchitis aggravated by his detention.[1]
Notes
^Donald Crummey, Priests and Politicians, 1972 (Hollywood: Tsehai, 2007), p. 141
