SAINT TEKLE HAYMONOT

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

SAINT TEKLE HAYMONOT!! 
THE ONLY ETHIOPIAN SAINT CELEBRATED IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT CHURCHES WAS A GOLDEN CHILD WHO VISITED FAMINE STRICKEN LANDS IN ETHIOPIA, BRINGING FRUITFULNESS AND IN SOME CASES LITERALLY FILLING POTS WITH FOOD. 
AFTER A SACRED AND HOLY LIFE, HE RETREATED TO A CAVE, WHERE HE PLACED SWORDS ABOUT HIM TO PREVENT HIM FROM CONTINUING INCESSANT PRAYER WHILE STANDING! THE LEGEND IS THAT HE PRAYED AND MEDITATED UNTIL ONE LEG WAS ATROPHIED AND CUT OFF. HE THEN CONTINUED HIS MEDITATION BY BALANCING ON ONE LEG! HE IS OFTEN DEPICTED IN ARTWORK WITH ONE LEG AND WINGS AS HE IS SAID TO BE THE ONLY MAN TO BE GIVEN WINGS!!