Saint Charbel
Feast day: July 24
Maronite monk of Lebanon, hermit of prayer, intercessor for the sick and afflicted.
Youssef Antoun Makhlouf was born on May 8, 1828, in Bekaa Kafra, Lebanon, in a Maronite family.
He entered the Maronite order and took the name Charbel in honor of a 2nd-century martyr.
He lived as a hermit at the Annaya monastery in rigorous prayer, penance, and manual labor.
He died on December 24, 1898. After his death, his tomb became a center of many graces and pilgrimages.
Beatified in 1965 and canonized in 1977 by Paul VI. Liturgical feast: July 24.
Dedicated prayer
To the Maronite monk of Lebanon, we ask intercession in illness, prayerful life, and trust in God.
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