Ignatius Bedros XVI Batanian

Armenian eastern patriarch (1899–1979).

Born February 15th, 1899 in Mardin.

Died October 9th, 1979 at 80 years old in Bzoummar (disease).

Occupations
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde