Grave-stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 1907 y․

Iran / Western Atrpatakan / Salmast / Khosrova

Inscription, Embossed, Commemoration 1907 y․

Engraved in French (8 lines in embossed letters):

Ici repose | ma sœur | Augustine Pertus | decedee | le 11 avril 1907 | agee de | 44 ans | R[equiescat] I[n] P[ace].

Transl.: Here lies sister Augustine Pertus [who] died at the age of 44 on 11 April 1907. May you rest in peace.

Note: The form ma sœur (My Sister) was used when addressing high-ranking clergymen, like Mon Seigneur (My Lord). Sister Augustine was one of the nuns of the Lazarists’ Mission Congregation.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 321.

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․