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saint-flavianus-michael-malke
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Flavianos Michael Malke, born Ya'Qūb Melkī; was an Eastern Catholic prelate of the Brothers of Saint Ephrem of a Syriac background. He became the Syrian Catholic eparch of Gazarta. Malke was killed in Gazarta during the Assyrian genocide after he refused to convert to Islam.
feast Day
08-29
birth Date
1858
death Date
1915-08-29
canonization Status
beatified
feast Month
8
feast Day Of Month
29
