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John Maron
John Maron
(,
Youhana Maroun
; ) (born in 628 in
Sirmaniyah
or
Sarmin
, present
Syria
– died in 707 in Kfarhy,
Lebanon
), was a
Syriac
monk, and the first
Maronite
Patriarch
. He is revered as a
saint
by the
Maronite
,
Roman Catholic
and
Orthodox Churches
, and is commemorated on March 2. He died and was buried in Kfarhy near
Batroun
, in Lebanon, where a shrine dedicated to him.
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