Ignatius Maloyanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Blessed Ignatius Shoukrallah Maloyan (1869, Mardin, Ottoman Empire - June 10, 1915) was the Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Mardin between 1911 and 1915. In the summer of 1915, the Vali of Diyarbekir, Reşit Bey, commenced the Armenian Genocide in Mardin. Archbishop Maloyan was force marched into the desert with almost all of the clergy and faithful of his Archdiocese. After he watched his priests and faithful massacred in front of him, Mardin's police chief, Mahmdouh Bey, offered to spare the Archbishop's life if he would convert to Islam. Archbishop Maloyan responded, "I've told you I shall live and die for the sake of my faith and religion. I take pride in the Cross of my God and Lord." Enraged, Mahmdouh Bey shot him dead. The Archbishop was buried in a mass grave with the other victims of the massacre.