Flavianus Michael Malke
Flavianos Michael Malke, born Ya'Qūb Melkī; (1858 – 29 August 1915) was an Eastern Catholic prelate of the Brothers of Saint Ephrem of a Syriac 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.
Patron saint of Persecution of Christians; Persecuted Christians
In the Martyrology
- August 29 Blessed Flaviano Michele Melki, bishop and martyr