# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/levon-zekian
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:29.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/levon-zekian"
name: "Lévon Zékian"
slug: "levon-zekian"
description: "Boghos Lévon Zékiyan is an Armenologist, philosopher, Professor of Armenian Language and Literature at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Pontifical Oriental Institute of Rome and Istanbul University, a member of the Academy of Venice, Foreign member of Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Corresponding member of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (1992). He is the Armenian Catholic Archeparch of Istanbul. Zekiyan is the Founding President of the Associazione \"Padus-Araxes\", the director of Summer Intensive Course of the Armenian Language and Culture at the University of Venice, and former editor of Hye Endanik (1974–82) and Bazmavep (1980-1985) periodicals."
tagline: "Armenian Catholic archbishop of Istanbul"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1943-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.82
  momentum:             5.789473684210527
  historical:           7.678150666666666
  currentAttention:     32.16374269005848
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.unive.it/persone/zkybhs"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Levon Zekiyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لوون زکیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Պողոս-Լևոն Զեքիյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Պօղոս Լեւոն Զէքիեան"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boghos_Levon_Zekiyan"
    title: "Boghos Levon Zekiyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Boghos Lewon Zekijan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump