Abune Antonios: Eritrean priest
Abune Antonios (Tigrinya/Geez: ኣቡነ ኣንጦንዮስ) (12 July 1927 – 9 February 2022) was an Eritrean Christian prelate.
He was the third Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 2004 until 2006. He was illegally removed from the church by the Eritrean government in 2006, and was placed under house arrest.
He died in Asmara, Eritrea on 9 February 2022, at the age of 92.
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