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The saints

St. Charbel Makhlouf

A Lebanese monk who lived in silence for twenty-three years, and whose tomb became a place of miracles.

Feast: 24 July · 1828 to 1898 · The modern era · Lebanon

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Photograph-like portrait of St. Charbel Makhlouf with a hooded monk’s habit and long white beard, eyes lowered.

Unknown (Old Photo), 1898. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

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The hermitage of Annaya, Lebanon

Youssef Makhlouf grew up in the mountains of Lebanon and became a Maronite monk, taking the name Charbel.1

After years in the monastery he was allowed to live as a hermit at Annaya.1

For twenty-three years he lived in prayer, silence, fasting and hard work.

Patronage No official patronage we can cite yet. The Church remembers him as a hermit of the Maronite Church of Lebanon.

01St. Charbel Makhlouf

After his death

He died on Christmas Eve 1898, and many healings were reported at his tomb.1

He was beatified in 1965 and canonized twelve years later.1

Live it this week

Turn off the noise for an evening

Charbel lived in silence for decades. Pick one evening this week with no TV, music, podcasts or scrolling, and spend part of it praying quietly.

Notes

How we know · 1 source for this page
  1. Franciscan Media, Saint of the Day: “Saint Sharbel Makhlouf”. franciscanmedia.org. franciscanmedia.org

The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) is in the public domain; we quote the New Advent edition. Texts of the Holy See are quoted briefly from vatican.va. Scripture: World English Bible, Catholic edition (public domain); Verse numbers are modern, with Douay-Rheims numbers in brackets where they differ. Photographs: Wikimedia Commons, credited under each image; full list on the photo credits page.

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