Qannoubine () is a medieval monastery located within the Qannoubine region of the

Kadisha Valley Kadisha Valley (), also romanized as the Qadisha Valley and also known as the Kadisha Gorge or Wadi Kadisha (), is a gorge that lies within the Bsharri and Zgharta Districts of the North Governorate of Lebanon. The valley was carved by the Kad ...

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History

Qannoubine was home to

Marina the Monk Marina, distinguished as Marina the Monk and also known as Marina the Syrian, Marinos, Pelagia (this being the Greek equivalent of 'Marina'; see Pelagia) and Mary of Alexandria (), was a Christian saint from part of Asian Byzantine Empire, Byzan ...

. The monastery was founded in the

14th century The 14th century lasted from 1 January 1301 (represented by the Roman numerals MCCCI) to 31 December 1400 (MCD). It is estimated that the century witnessed the death of more than 45 million lives from political and natural disasters in both Euro ...

. It served Maronite Patriarchs from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The monastery was recognised by

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in 1998.

References

14th-century establishments in Lebanon World Heritage Sites in Lebanon Christian monasteries in Lebanon Maronite monasteries in Lebanon Bsharri District * {{Maronite-church-stub