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Oct 01, 1881 Baabdat, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon Died on 11 Jun 1915 (aged 33) Libra
Leonard Melki - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Leonard Melki
- Leonard Melki (1 October 1881 – 11 June 1915) – born Yusuf Habib Melki and in religious Liunar from B'abdat – was an Eastern Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.
- His name is often Romanized in various texts.
- Melki became a priest before serving as a preacher and teacher in different stations of the Mission of Armenia and Mesopotamia of the Capuchin Order.
- He eventually became the principal of the school of the Capuchin Order in Mardin where he taught the French language and music.
- He was later killed in Mardin on June 11, 1915 with a convoy of displaced Armenians, Syriacs, Chaldeans, Protestants, by Turc soldiers during the genocide of World War I.Melki's cause for sainthood opened on 3 October 2005 – he was titled as a Servant of God.
