Question: Facts: - death place: san present-day venice , italy -rrb- lazzaro degli armeni , republic of venice -lrb- - death date: 1749 - birth date: 1676 - name: mkhitar sebastatsi - image size: 200px - nationality: armenian - image: file des armeniens , venise -rrb- -lrb- 5182840694 -rrb- -lrb- crop : -rrb- . jpg portrait de pierre mekhitar -lrb- saint lazare - birth place: sebastia -rrb- , ottoman empire -lrb- present-day sivas , turkey Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mkhitar sebastatsi .
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mkhitar sebastatsi -lrb- , also known as mekhitar or mechitar of sebaste ; 16761749 -rrb- was an armenian catholic monk and a prominent scholar and theologian who founded the mekhitarist order .stepanos nazarian described him as the '' second mesrop mashtots '' .