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{{Infobox person
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1859|2|5}}
| birth_place = [[Mardin]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1927|12|7|1859|2|5}}
| death_place = [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]
| occupation = [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]], [[Historian]] and [[Arabist]]
| spouse =
| parents =
| children =
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'''Louis Cheikho''', {{lang-ar|لويس شيخو}}, born '''Rizqallâh Cheikho''' (1859–1927) was a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Chaldean Catholics|Chaldean]] priest, [[oriental studies|Orientalist]] and [[Theologian]]. He is considered as a major contributor and pioneer of the rediscovery of the [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christian]] and Chaldean heritage.
==Biography==
Louis Cheikho was born in [[Mardin]], [[Turkey]] on February 5, 1859.<ref>[http://www.cedrac.usj.edu.lb/pres/cheikho.htm CEDRAC article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708085351/http://www.cedrac.usj.edu.lb/pres/cheikho.htm |date=2007-07-08 }}</ref> His father was an ethnic [[Chaldean Catholics|Chaldean]], and a member of the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]], whose Chaldean family had been based at Mardin for at least three centuries. His mother was an [[Armenians|Armenian]] named [[Elizabeth Schamsé]], who took him on [[pilgrimage]] to the [[Holy Land]] when he was 9 years old. His Father is ethnic [[Chaldean Catholics|Chaldean]].
===Early life===
In 1868, Cheikhô joined his brother at the [[Maronite]] Jesuit Seminary in Ghazîr, [[Lebanon]]. At this date, the [[Catholic seminary|seminary]] was not merely preparing young men for the priesthood, but also acted as a secondary college for young Christian and especially Chaldean men. Both groups followed a similar syllabus. There, he learned both ancient and modern European and Semitic languages.
In 1874 he entered the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit Order]] and started his [[novitiate]] training at [[Lons-le-Saunier]], [[France]]. He adopted at that time the name of 'Louis' out of devotion for the young Jesuit saint [[Aloysius_Gonzaga|Louis Gonzaga]].
In 1878, he returned to [[Lebanon]] and taught [[Arabic Literature]] at the [[Jesuit]] Saint Joseph College in [[Beirut]] for 10 years. During this period, Cheikho continued his studies of [[philosophy]] at [[Université Saint-Joseph]], [[Beirut]].
In 1888, Cheikho travelled to [[Great Britain]] for [[theological]] studies in preparation for the priesthood. He was ordained priest by the Chaldean Church of the East on 8 September 1891. He then spent one year in [[Austria]] and another year in [[Paris]]. Those extended European stays allowed him to acquire the academic methodologies that helped him in his later works.
Finally in 1894, he settled in Beirut, Lebanon, where he continued his academic career at Université Saint-Joseph.
Cheikho died in Beirut in 1927.
Cheikho is perhaps the founder of modern publications of unpublished [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christian]] texts, especially Christian [[Arabic]] texts. He also founded, in 1898, the journal ''[[Al-Mashriq]]'', and contributed many articles and publications to its pages.
His work was an inspiration for [[CEDRAC]].
==Works==
*''Les poètes arabes chrétiens. Poètes antéislamiques. Qouss, évêque de Najran'', dans ''Études religieuses...'', 1888, pp. 592–611.
*''Le Christianisme et la littérature chrétienne en Arabie avant l'Islam'', (3 vol.), Beirut, 1913, 1919, 1923.
*''La Nation maronite et la Compagnie de Jésus aux XVI et XVII siècles'', Beirut, 1923. (Translated into French by Y. Moubarac, Beirut, 1984).
*(in Arabic) ''Les vizirs et secrétaires arabes chrétiens en Islam (622-1517)'', (text established and annotated by Camille Hechaïmé), Beirut, 1987.
*''Les Saints particulièrement honorés des Libanais'', Beirut, 1914 (translated into French by Y. Moubarac)
*(in Arabic) ''Les savants arabes chrétiens en Islam (622-1300)'', (ed. by C. Héchaïmé), Jounieh, 1983.
* ''Anciens traités arabes contenant La politique de Themistius, l'économie domestique de Probus (?), les récits amusants de Barhebraeus et l'exclusion de la tristesse, attribué à Platon'' (publiés par Louis Cheikho), Impr. catholique, Beirut, 1920–23, 68p.
*(in Arabic) ''Vingt traités théologiques d'auteurs arabes chrétiens, IXe-XIIIe siècle'', (publiés par le P. Louis Cheikho avec le concours des P.P. Louis Malouf et Constantin Bacha), deuxième édition augmentée, Imprimerie Catholique, Beirut, 1920, 148p.
* (in Arabic) La littérature arabe au XIX siècle. 1ère partie: de 1800 à 1870. Beirut: Imprimérie Catholique, 1908. 134p; 2ième partie: de 1870 a 1900. Beirut: Imprimérie Catholique, 1910. 206p.
== Bibliography ==
*[[Henri Lammens]]: ''Le P. Louis Cheikho'', Lyon, 1929.
*Camille Hechaïmé: ''Louis Cheikho et son livre ‘le christianisme et la littérature chrétienne en Arabie avant l’Islam''', Dar el-Machreq, Beyrouth, 1967.
*R.B. Campbell: ''The Arabic Journal `al-Machriq'... under the editorship of Père L. Cheikho'', University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1972.
==Notes==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070708085351/http://www.cedrac.usj.edu.lb/pres/cheikho.htm CEDRAC article]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheikho, Louis}}
[[Category:1859 births]]
[[Category:1927 deaths]]
[[Category:Chaldean Catholics]]
{{Infobox person
| name = Louis Cheikho
| image = Louis Cheikho (1859-1929), jésuite chaldéen.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1859|2|5}}
| birth_place = [[Mardin]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1927|12|7|1859|2|5}}
| death_place = [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]
| occupation = [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]], [[Historian]] and [[Arabist]]
| spouse =
| parents =
| children =
}}
'''Louis Cheikho''', {{lang-ar|لويس شيخو}}, born '''Rizqallâh Cheikho''' (1859–1927) was a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Chaldean Catholics|Chaldean]] priest, [[oriental studies|Orientalist]] and [[Theologian]]. He is considered as a major contributor and pioneer of the rediscovery of the [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christian]] and Chaldean heritage.
==Biography==
Louis Cheikho was born in [[Mardin]], [[Turkey]] on February 5, 1859.<ref>[http://www.cedrac.usj.edu.lb/pres/cheikho.htm CEDRAC article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708085351/http://www.cedrac.usj.edu.lb/pres/cheikho.htm |date=2007-07-08 }}</ref> His father was an ethnic [[Chaldean Catholics|Chaldean]], and a member of the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]], whose Chaldean family had been based at Mardin for at least three centuries. His mother was an [[Armenians|Armenian]] named [[Elizabeth Schamsé]], who took him on [[pilgrimage]] to the [[Holy Land]] when he was 9 years old. His Father is ethnic [[Chaldean Catholics|Chaldean]].
===Early life===
In 1868, Cheikhô joined his brother at the [[Maronite]] Jesuit Seminary in Ghazîr, [[Lebanon]]. At this date, the [[Catholic seminary|seminary]] was not merely preparing young men for the priesthood, but also acted as a secondary college for young Christian and especially Chaldean men. Both groups followed a similar syllabus. There, he learned both ancient and modern European and Semitic languages.
In 1874 he entered the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit Order]] and started his [[novitiate]] training at [[Lons-le-Saunier]], [[France]]. He adopted at that time the name of 'Louis' out of devotion for the young Jesuit saint [[Aloysius_Gonzaga|Louis Gonzaga]].
In 1878, he returned to [[Lebanon]] and taught [[Arabic Literature]] at the [[Jesuit]] Saint Joseph College in [[Beirut]] for 10 years. During this period, Cheikho continued his studies of [[philosophy]] at [[Université Saint-Joseph]], [[Beirut]].
In 1888, Cheikho travelled to [[Great Britain]] for [[theological]] studies in preparation for the priesthood. He was ordained priest by the Chaldean Church of the East on 8 September 1891. He then spent one year in [[Austria]] and another year in [[Paris]]. Those extended European stays allowed him to acquire the academic methodologies that helped him in his later works.
Finally in 1894, he settled in Beirut, Lebanon, where he continued his academic career at Université Saint-Joseph.
Cheikho died in Beirut in 1927.
Cheikho is perhaps the founder of modern publications of unpublished [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christian]] texts, especially Christian [[Arabic]] texts. He also founded, in 1898, the journal ''[[Al-Mashriq]]'', and contributed many articles and publications to its pages.
His work was an inspiration for [[CEDRAC]].
==Works==
*''Les poètes arabes chrétiens. Poètes antéislamiques. Qouss, évêque de Najran'', dans ''Études religieuses...'', 1888, pp. 592–611.
*''Le Christianisme et la littérature chrétienne en Arabie avant l'Islam'', (3 vol.), Beirut, 1913, 1919, 1923.
*''La Nation maronite et la Compagnie de Jésus aux XVI et XVII siècles'', Beirut, 1923. (Translated into French by Y. Moubarac, Beirut, 1984).
*(in Arabic) ''Les vizirs et secrétaires arabes chrétiens en Islam (622-1517)'', (text established and annotated by Camille Hechaïmé), Beirut, 1987.
*''Les Saints particulièrement honorés des Libanais'', Beirut, 1914 (translated into French by Y. Moubarac)
*(in Arabic) ''Les savants arabes chrétiens en Islam (622-1300)'', (ed. by C. Héchaïmé), Jounieh, 1983.
* ''Anciens traités arabes contenant La politique de Themistius, l'économie domestique de Probus (?), les récits amusants de Barhebraeus et l'exclusion de la tristesse, attribué à Platon'' (publiés par Louis Cheikho), Impr. catholique, Beirut, 1920–23, 68p.
*(in Arabic) ''Vingt traités théologiques d'auteurs arabes chrétiens, IXe-XIIIe siècle'', (publiés par le P. Louis Cheikho avec le concours des P.P. Louis Malouf et Constantin Bacha), deuxième édition augmentée, Imprimerie Catholique, Beirut, 1920, 148p.
* (in Arabic) La littérature arabe au XIX siècle. 1ère partie: de 1800 à 1870. Beirut: Imprimérie Catholique, 1908. 134p; 2ième partie: de 1870 a 1900. Beirut: Imprimérie Catholique, 1910. 206p.
== Bibliography ==
*[[Henri Lammens]]: ''Le P. Louis Cheikho'', Lyon, 1929.
*Camille Hechaïmé: ''Louis Cheikho et son livre ‘le christianisme et la littérature chrétienne en Arabie avant l’Islam''', Dar el-Machreq, Beyrouth, 1967.
*R.B. Campbell: ''The Arabic Journal `al-Machriq'... under the editorship of Père L. Cheikho'', University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1972.
==Notes==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070708085351/http://www.cedrac.usj.edu.lb/pres/cheikho.htm CEDRAC article]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheikho, Louis}}
[[Category:1859 births]]
[[Category:1927 deaths]]
[[Category:Chaldean Catholics]]
