Isola San Lazzaro
In 1717 a young Armenian Catholic priest, Mkhit‘ar Sebastats‘i (Mkhitar of Sebastia [modern Sivas, Turkey], 1676–1749) founded a Benedictine Armenian Catholic monastery on the island of San Lazzaro in Venice. Mkhit‘ar wrote and published several works that became sources of inspiration and intellectual renewal throughout the centuries that followed. The monastery became a center for Armenian learning and publishing and remains so, together with its sister monastery in Vienna. The American artist Joseph Pennell (1857–1926), a well-known printmaker and illustrator, created this image of the island of San Lazzaro and its monastery.
In 1717 a young Armenian Catholic priest, Mkhit‘ar Sebastats‘i (Mkhitar of Sebastia [modern Sivas, Turkey], 1676–1749) founded a Benedictine Armenian Catholic monastery on the island of San Lazzaro in Venice. Mkhit‘ar wrote and published several works that became sources of inspiration and intellectual renewal throughout the centuries that followed. The monastery became a center for Armenian learning and publishing and remains so, together with its sister monastery in Vienna. The American artist Joseph Pennell (1857–1926), a well-known printmaker and illustrator, created this image of the island of San Lazzaro and its monastery.