CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. The religious history of Abyssinia— Early life of Mgr. de Jacobis 1 II. Mgr. de Jacobis starts on his Abyssinian mission — His difficulties on his first arrival — His visit to Rome 26 III. Visit to Jerusalem— Return to Abyssinia — Favourable dispositions of the people 50 IV. The Abyssinian monasteries — Progress of the mission 72 V. Mgr. Massaja’s visit, and consecration of Mgr. de Jacobis as Bishop 109 VI. Commencement of persecution — Visit of M. Poussou — Hardships of missionary life in Abyssinia 124 VII. Early history of Cassa, the future Emperor Theodoros — Consecration of Mgr. Biancheri, and of the new church at Evo 140 VIII. Persecution and imprisonment of Mgr. de Jacobis and his flock — Martyrdom of Abba Ghebra Mikael 156 IX. The death of Mgr. de Jacobis 189 Digitized by Google., Electronic reproduction, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized, Print version record