Saint Maron

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Saint Maron was a 4th–5th century Syriac Christian monk and hermit whose ascetic life and teachings inspired the spiritual tradition that became the Maronite Church.

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Saint Maron canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Syriac Christian monk
ascetic
hermit
associatedEthnoReligiousGroup Maronites
associatedWith Apamea
Cyrrhus region
Orontes River region
linked to: Orontes River
centuryActive 4th century
5th century
churchTradition Maronite Church
commemoratedBy Maronite liturgy
Maronite monasteries
deathCentury 5th century
feastDay 14 February
9 February
honoredAs founder of the Maronite Church
honorificPrefix Saint
influenced early Maronite communities
inspired Maronite spiritual tradition
knownFor extreme asceticism
healing and miracles
living an outdoor hermit life
languageContext Syriac
legacy development of Maronite liturgical tradition
origin of Maronite identity
monasticType eremitic monk
region Roman Syria
Syria
religion Christianity
spiritualInfluenceOn Maronite monasticism
Syriac Christianity
linked to: Syriac Churches
spiritualLegacy Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch
spiritualPractice fasting
prayer
solitude
theologicalOrientation Syriac ascetic tradition
title Father of the Maronites
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Catholic Churches
Maronite Church

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