page_title: Flavianus Michael Malke
hierarchical_section_title: Flavianus Michael Malke
caption_attribution_description: English: Flavianus Michael Malke (1856-1915) Syriac Catholic bishop.
context_page_description: Flavianos Michael Melke, born Ya'Qūb Melkī; was an Eastern Catholic prelate of the Brothers of Saint Ephrem of an Assyrian 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.
  On 8 August 2015, Pope Francis approved his beatification after he determined that Malke was killed in hatred of the faith. He was beatified on 29 August 2015, the centenary of his martyrdom.
context_section_description: Flavianos Michael Melke (Syriac: ܦܠܒܝܐܢܘܣ ܡܝܟܐܝܠ ܡܠܟܝ‎, Flavyānus Mikhayil Malké), born Ya'Qūb Melkī;  (1858 – 29 August 1915) was an Eastern Catholic prelate of the Brothers of Saint Ephrem of an Assyrian background. He became the Syrian Catholic eparch of Gazarta (modern Cizre). Malke was killed in Gazarta during the Assyrian Genocide after he refused to convert to Islam.
  On 8 August 2015, Pope Francis approved his beatification after he determined that Malke was killed in hatred of the faith. He was beatified on 29 August 2015, the centenary of his martyrdom.
caption: Bet. 1913-5.
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