# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ezana-of-axum
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:05:28.388Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ezana-of-axum"
name: "Ezana of Axum"
slug: "ezana-of-axum"
description: "He ruled Aksum in the 4th century and made it Christian — the first sub-Saharan kingdom to adopt the faith as state religion, and the first to call itself Ethiopia."
tagline: "4th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ezana.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.22783866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Tradition says Ezana inherited the throne as a child in the 320s, his mother Sofya holding power until he came of age. Somewhere in that span he converted, and the kingdom followed. The choice rewired the region's identity: Aksum became the first sub-Saharan state to embrace Christianity officially, and Ezana began using the name Ethiopia for his realm. He reigned into the 360s, one of the best-documented rulers Aksum produced, his inscriptions still legible. The conversion outlasted him by centuries.