St. Charbel Makhlouf
MYSTIC AND MARONITE HERMIT
Feast: December 24
Information:
Feast Day:
December 24
Born:
May 8, 1828, Bekaa Kafra (North Lebanon)
Died:
December 24, 1898
Canonized:
October 9, 1977 by Pope Paul VI
Mystic
and Maronite hermit. He was born in 1828 in Lebanon and became a Maronite monk
at Annaya Abbey at the age of twenty. As a hermit, Charbel was famous for his
spiritual gifts, even among his Islamic neighbors. He spent almost a quarter
century displaying many miraculous abilities and was noted for his love of the
Holy Eucharist. Charbel died in 1898. He was beatified in 1965 and canonized in
1977 by Pope Paul VI (r. 1963-1978).
St. Charbel Makhlouf
MYSTIC AND MARONITE HERMIT
Feast: December 24
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Mystic
and Maronite hermit. He was born in 1828 in Lebanon and became a Maronite monk
at Annaya Abbey at the age of twenty. As a hermit, Charbel was famous for his
spiritual gifts, even among his Islamic neighbors. He spent almost a quarter
century displaying many miraculous abilities and was noted for his love of the
Holy Eucharist. Charbel died in 1898. He was beatified in 1965 and canonized in
1977 by Pope Paul VI (r. 1963-1978).
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