Mechitar of Sebasteia
Mechitar von Sebasteia (also: Mekhitar ; * February 7, 1676 in Sebasteia ; † April 27, 1749 on the island of San Lazzaro near Venice ) was an Armenian Apostolic , later an Armenian Catholic clergyman and founder of the order.
Manuk (baptismal name) took on his entry into the monastery Surb Nšan (Holy Cross) the monk name Mechitar, which means "comforter" in Armenian (epithet of the Holy Spirit). In 1701 in Constantinople , now Istanbul , he founded the Armenian Catholic Congregation of the Mechitarists later named after him . 1711 she was by Pope Clement XI. recognized, in 1717 the mechitarists found a home on the island of San Lazzaro near Venice. Mechitar and his friars worked as important translators, grammarians and linguists and helped lay the foundations for a new bloom of Armenian scholarship in the 18th and 19th centuries.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mechitar de Petro . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 17th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, pp. 224–228 ( digitized version ).
- Joseph Cuthbert Almond: Mechitar . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.
- Georgios Fatouros : Mechitar (Mekhitar). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 1041-1043.
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| SURNAME | Mechitar of Sebasteia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mechitar Vardapet Petrosean Sebastatzi; Manuk (baptismal name); Mekhitar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian Apostolic Clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1676 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sebasteia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1749 |
| Place of death | San Lazzaro |