St Rafqa Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date
St Rafqa Profile. Born: 29 June 1832 AD in Lebanon, Asia. Worked in Lebanon. Died: 23 March 1914 AD in Grabta, Lebanon. Feast Day is celebrated on March 23.
St Rafqa Biography |
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Date of Birth | 29 June 1832 AD |
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Country of Birth | Lebanon of Asia |
Matrimony/Holy Orders | Saints who were Nuns/Sisters |
Profession | Nun |
Place of Work | Lebanon |
Date of Death | 23 March 1914 AD |
Place of Death | Grabta, Lebanon |
Feast Day | March 23 |
Beatification | Beatified by Pope John Paul II on 17 November 1985 |
Canonization | Canonized by Pope John Paul II on 10 June 2001 |
Patron Saint of | sick people loss of parents against sickness against bodily ills |
St Rafqa Biography
She was also known as:
- Agnes
- Anissa
- Boutrosiya
- Boutrossieh
- Boutrossieh Ar-Rayes
- Lily of Himlaya
- Little Flower of Lebanon
- Petra
- Petronilla
- Pierette
- Purple Rose
- Rafka
- Rafka Al Rayes
- Rafqa Shabaq al-Rayes
- Rebecca
- Rebecca Pierrette Ar-Rayes
St Rafqa was born on 29 June 1832 AD at Himalaya, Lebanon as Boutrossieh Ar-Rayes. She was the daughter and only child of Mourad Saber Shabaq al-Rayes and Rafqa Gemayel. Rafqa’s mother died when she was 6 years old. She and her step-mother never got along. she used to work as a maid from the age of 11 to 15, announcing at age 14 that she felt a call to religious life.
Rafqa’s father objected, but at the age of 21, she became a nun in the Marian Order of the Immaculate Conception at Bikfaya, taking the religious name Anissa ( Agnes), and making her final vows in 1856 AD.
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