Facts:   - death place: san present-day venice , italy -rrb- lazzaro degli armeni , republic of venice -lrb-    - death date: 1749      - birth date: 1676    - name: mkhitar sebastatsi    - image size: 200px    - nationality: armenian    - image: file des arméniens , venise -rrb- -lrb- 5182840694 -rrb- -lrb- crop : -rrb- . jpg portrait de pierre mékhitar -lrb- saint lazare    - birth place: sebastia -rrb- , ottoman empire -lrb- present-day sivas , turkey   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mkhitar sebastatsi .
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mkhitar sebastatsi -lrb- , also known as mekhitar or mechitar of sebaste ; 16761749 -rrb- was an armenian catholic monk and a prominent scholar and theologian who founded the mekhitarist order .stepanos nazarian described him as the `` second mesrop mashtots '' .