Stephen Nehmé
Lebanese Maronite Catholic monk (1889-1938)
Feast: 30 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Youssef Nehmé was born at Lehfed, in the Jbeil region of Lebanon, on 8 March 1889, fourth of six children of a deeply religious Maronite family. Working in the fields and pasturing the flocks, the calm rhythm of nature became almost a hermitage for him.
As Brother Estephan, a professed monk of the Lebanese Maronite Order, he was always in love with God, whose gaze, he felt, followed him in every moment of his life.
The miracles
Sister Marina Neematallah — Jrabta, Lebanon — 30 August 1984
An extraordinary healing presented for his beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Maronite monk who lived every moment under the loving gaze of God.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Estephàn Nehme
- Wikidata Q3059103 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Stephen Nehmé (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.