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Bishop slain during Assyrian genocide declared a martyr
August 11, 2015
Pope Francis has approved a decree on the martyrdom of Bishop Flavianus Michael Malke (1858-1915), thus paving the way for his beatification.
Bishop Malke, the Syriac Catholic bishop of Gazireh (now Cizre, Turkey), was slain during the Assyrian genocide after he refused to convert to Islam. He will be beatified in Lebanon on August 29, the 100th anniversary of his martyrdom.
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