Patriarch of constantinople (1833-1914).
Born January 11th, 1833 in Vessa.
Died February 27th, 1914 at 81 years old in Heybeliada (diabetes).
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel