The Massabki Brothers

The Massabki Brothers (Arabic: الأخوة المسابكيين), Abdel Moati Massabki, Francis Massabki and Raphael Massabki are three Maronite saints from Damascus. The three brothers were sons of Nehme Massabki.

On 10 July 1860, the brothers were killed because of their religion while praying inside a Franciscan church in Damascus, during the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus.

Beatification and canonization processes

Pope Pius XI proclaimed the beatification of the three brothers in 1926.

On 18 December 2022, the Maronite patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi announced that the Massabki Brothers would be recognized as saints without the need for a miracle because they were martyrs of the faith.

On July 1st 2024, Pope Francis presided at an Ordinary Consistory of Cardinals, which approved the canonization of 15 people, including The Massabki Brothers. In the Apostolic Palace for an Ordinary Public Consistory, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro presented 'Peroratio', a report on the lives and miracles of The Massabki Brothers, among others.

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