Mkhitar Sebastatsi

Servant of God

Mekhitar of Sebaste

C.M.V.
Born(1676-02-17)17 February 1676
Sebaste, Ottoman Empire
Died27 April 1749(1749-04-27) (aged 73)
San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Republic of Venice
Major shrineArmenian Monastery of San Lazzaro, Venice, Italy

Mkhitar Sebastatsi (Armenian: Մխիթար Սեբաստացի), anglicized: Mekhitar of Sebaste, Italian: Mechitar (17 February 1676 – 27 April 1749) was an Armenian Catholic monk, scholar and theologian who founded the Mekhitarist Order, which has been based on San Lazzaro island near Venice since 1717.

The Armenian historian Stepanos Nazarian described him as the "second Mesrop Mashtots".[1] The cause for his beatification was opened after his death; as such, he is termed a Servant of God.

  1. ^ Pashayan, Asatur (2006). "Մխիթարյան միաբանությունը Ստեփանոս Նազարյանի գնահատմամբ [Mkhitarist Congregation in Stepanos Nazaryan's Estimation]". Patma-Banasirakan Handes (in Armenian) (2). Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences: 88. Նա Մխիթար Սեբաստացուն' որպես այդ միաբանության հիմնադրի, առաջին անգամ համարել է երկրորդ Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց