Religious site

Saint Stephen of the Ethiopians

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Saint Stephen of the Ethiopians, or Santo Stefano degli Abissini, is the Ethiopian Catholic chapel tucked behind Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. The building is Romanesque in character and rises about 10 meters tall, a surviving thread from the early architectural history of the area. Founded in the early medieval era, the site is traditionally linked to the monastery “Santo Stefano” and has long stood as a spiritual home for Ethiopian Catholics in Rome. It functions as the national church of Ethiopia within the Catholic Church, with liturgy celebrated according to the Alexandrian rite of the Ethiopian Catholic Church. The chapel’s history is closely tied to the Ethiopian diaspora in Rome, and its presence reflects centuries of intercultural ties at the heart of the Vatican. …
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