It refers to the Ethiopic tradition that Jesus promised his mother that he would forgive the sins of those who sought her intercession.

In the northwestern corner of the city, a place of worship was granted to the Alexandrian Rite Catholic community,[6] who preceded the arrival of the Italians.

Father Kidanè-Maryam Cassà, who since 1926 had been their pro-vicar within the Vicariate, was appointed their ordinary and on 3 August 1930 was ordained titular bishop of Thibaris in the chapel of the Pontifical Ethiopian College in Vatican City.

[10] Father Kidane-Maryam Cassa obtained from the Italian colonial governor the initial improvement of the small church in the late 1930s.

[6] With the suppression on 21 December 1995 of the Apostolic Vicariate of Eritrea, Kidane Mehret became the only Catholic church in Asmara that has a right to the title of cathedral.