John Maron
Syrian bishop and saint
Feast: 2 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
John Maron (Arabic: يوحنا مارون, Youhana Maroun; Latin: Ioannes Maronus; Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܪܘܢ; 628, Sirmaniyah or Sarmin, Byzantine Empire – 707, Kfarhy), was a Syriac monk. and the first Maronite Patriarch. He is revered as a saint by the Catholic Church, especially the Maronite Church, and is commemorated on March 2. He died and was buried in Kfarhy near Batroun, in Lebanon, where a shrine is dedicated to him.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Catholic Encyclopedia — John Maron — Honoured as a saint by the Catholic Church and particularly by the Maronite Church — which is in full communion with Rome — on 2 March, the entry's feast day; a shrine is dedicated to him at Kfarhy near Batroun in Lebano
- Wikidata Q1292207 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Maron (CC BY-SA)
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