Saint Aquilina of Byblos
† June 13, 293 — Byblos (Jbeil) — A 12-year-old orphan who preached to her peers, arrested and had iron rods driven through her head.
This crawlable section presents the 33 main figures of holiness linked to Lebanon and supports searches by name: Saint Charbel, Saint Rafqa, Saint Maron, Elias Hoyek, Ignatius Maloyan, Saint Joseph of Damascus, the Massabki brothers, the martyrs of Tyre, Sidon, Baalbek and Tripoli.
† June 13, 293 — Byblos (Jbeil) — A 12-year-old orphan who preached to her peers, arrested and had iron rods driven through her head.
† 3rd century — Baalbek (Heliopolis) — Locked in a tower, she demanded 3 windows as a symbol of the Trinity — her act of faith.
† 383 — Born in Tyre (صور) — Born in Tyre, shipwrecked in the Red Sea, he became the first Bishop of Ethiopia.
† 307 — Tyre (صور) — At 17, she went to comfort Christian prisoners at trial — and was arrested on the spot.
† 304 — Tyre (صور) — Sewn into a leather sack with a dog and a viper, then thrown into the sea.
† 303 — Tyre (صور) — Archbishop dragged in chains from city to city, finally thrown into the sea.
† 310 — Sidon (صيدا) — Priest of Sidon sent in chains to Antioch, tortured with iron hooks.
† 363 — Tyre (صور) — Archbishop of Tyre, martyred at 107 years old under Julian the Apostate.
† 362 — Baalbek (Heliopolis) — Deacon of Baalbek, martyred under Julian the Apostate who tried to restore paganism.
† 2nd century — Baalbek (Heliopolis) — A wealthy courtesan converted by accidentally hearing the Book of Revelation read through a wall.
† 309 — Born in Beirut (بيروت) — Born in Beirut, he founded a 30,000-manuscript library in Caesarea and hand-copied the Bible.
† 4th century — Tyre (صور) — Daughter of Tyre's governor, she smashed her father's gold idols — and kept speaking even after her tongue was cut out.
† 303 — Lebanon — Three Egyptian bishops martyred on Lebanese soil under Diocletian.
† ~73 AD — Tripolis, Phoenicia (North Lebanon) — A Roman officer converted in Tripolis-Phoenicia, martyred with two companions under Emperor Vespasian.
† 304 — Tyre (صور) — In 304, 500 Christians of Tyre were collectively drowned at sea under Diocletian.
† 517 — Mount Lebanon / Syria — 350 disciples of Saint Maron killed for their Chalcedonian faith by Monophysite opponents.
† c. 410 — Syro-Lebanese mountains — Hermit and healer, spiritual father of the Maronite community. His feast, February 9, is quasi-national holiday.
† 707 — Kfar Haï, North Lebanon — First Patriarch of the Maronite Church, he organized Christian resistance and died in North Lebanon.
Uncertain dates — Mount Lebanon — Poorly documented Maronite saint, a liturgical bridge between Saint Maron and Saint John Maron.
† 5th century — A convent in Lebanon — Disguised as a monk to stay with her father — falsely accused of fathering a child, she kept silent.
† 1704 — Ehden, North Lebanon — Maronite Patriarch and great historian, author of the first Maronite chronicle, beatified in 1998.
† 1858 | Canonized 2004 — Hardin, North Lebanon — Mystic Maronite monk, master of Saint Charbel. At his death, a heavenly fragrance filled the monastery.
† 1898 | Canonized 1977 — Béka'kafra → Annaya, Mount Lebanon — Incorruptible body 45 days after death, oozing miraculous oil. Healings attested in 133 countries.
† 1914 | Canonized 2001 — Himmlaya, Mount Lebanon — She asked God to suffer like Christ. She lived blind and paralyzed for 29 years.
† July 10, 1860 | Canonized Oct. 20, 2024 — Damascus — born in Lebanon — Francis (8 children), Abd-el-Mouti (5 children), Raphael. Refused to convert during the Damascus massacres.
† July 10, 1860 — Born in Beirut — martyred in Damascus — Born in Beirut, Antiochian Orthodox priest, killed on the same day as the Massabki brothers during the Damascus massacres.
† 1915 — Turkey (born in Lebanon) — Syriac rite priest martyred during the genocide of Eastern Christians in 1915.
† 1917 | Beatified June 5, 2022 — Turkey (born in Baabdath, Lebanon) — Capuchin priest from Baabdath martyred in 1917, beatified in 2022 with Leonard Melki.
† June 11, 1915 | Beatified 2001 — Bzommar, Lebanon → Mardin, Turkey — Armenian Catholic Archbishop formed at the Bzommar convent in Lebanon, martyr of the 1915 genocide.
† 1938 — Mount Lebanon — Maronite monk with mystical visions, beatified in 1998 during John Paul II's historic visit to Lebanon.
† 1954 — Ghazir, Mount Lebanon — Capuchin priest from Ghazir, known for heroic charity — he gave his own food to the poor.
† 1931 | Beatified June 5, 2026 — Helta, North Lebanon — "Father of Greater Lebanon." Maronite Patriarch who defended Christians at the Paris Conference (1919).
† 1930 — Dahr el-Ahmar, Bekaa — Greek-Melkite priest under beatification process, venerated for healings in the Bekaa.
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