Louis Cheikho, Arabic , born Rizqallh Cheikho was a Jesuit chaldean priest, Orientalist and Theologian. He is considered as a major contributor and pioneer of the rediscovery of the Eastern Christian heritage.
Louis Cheikho was born in Mardin, Turkey on February 5, 1859. His father was an ethnic Assyrian of the Chaldean Catholic tradition whose family had been based at Mardin for at least three centuries. His mother was an Armenian named Elizabeth Schams, who took him on pilgrimage to the Holy Land when he wasyears old.
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