Maron
Syriac Christian Monk
Feast: 9 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Maron, also called Maroun or Maro (Syriac: ܡܪܘܢ, Mārōn; Arabic: مَارُون, Mārūn; Latin: Maron; Ancient Greek: Μάρων), was a 4th-century Syriac Christian hermit monk in the Taurus Mountains whose followers, after his death, founded a religious Christian movement that became known as the Maronite Church which is presently in full communion with the Holy See and the Catholic Church. The religious community which grew from this movement are the modern Maronites.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Abraham of Cyrrhus Saint“One of his disciples, Abraham of Cyrrhus, emerged as a missionary, successfully disseminating the Maronite variant of Christianity in Lebanon, which took root in the region and persisted ever since.” — Wikipedia