Following the arrival of King Manuel’s delegation to Ethiopia, King Manuel I of Portugal proclaimed that this figure had finally been found. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this figure whose rule over “Middle India” between the Nile and Red Sea was conflated with the Christian kings of Ethiopia. Legends about this figure described him as a Nestorian who ruled in Asia.
ANSWER: Prester John [or Presbyter Ioannes; prompt on John]
[10e] The arrival of Ethiopian envoys thought to be from Prester John is emblazoned on this basilica’s Filarete bronze doors. This basilica was built where the first pope was buried.
ANSWER: St Peter’s Basilica [or Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican or Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano or Basilica Sancti Petri]
[10h] Franciscan friar Giovanni Tomacelli failed to persuade Ethiopian envoys to seek out a holder of this post from Rome rather than Alexandria. Until the 1950s, the Patriarch of Alexandria chose a Coptic to hold this post, which acted as the Archbishop of Ethiopia.
ANSWER: abun [accept abuna]
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