Patronage

Patron Saint of Maronite Church

The Catholic Church venerates St. Maroun as the patron saint of Maronite Church. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.

St. Maroun

Feast: February 9

A 5th-century hermit whose followers founded the Maronite Church, the largest Christian community in Lebanon.

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