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Maroun of Syria
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Maroun (also Maron or Maro; Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܡܪܘܢ, Mor(y) Morōn; Arabic: مار مارون) was a 4th-century Syriac Christian monk whose followers, after his death, founded a religious Christian movement that became known as theMaronites.[2] The religious community which grew from this movement is the Maronite Church.
He was a priest that later became a hermit. After his death in 410 AD, his life of sanctity and miracles[citation needed] attracted many followers and drew attention throughout the Mediterranean empire. In religious imagery, Saint Maroun is often portrayed in a black habit garment with a hanging stole, accompanied by a long crosier staffed by a globe surmounted with a cross.
