Kfifan (alternatively spelled Kfifane) is a village in the Batroun District of the North Governorate in Lebanon.
Kfifan | |
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Village | |
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| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | North Governorate |
| District | Batroun District |
In the village there is a monastery named The Monastery of Kfifan that is dedicated to Saints Cyprian and Justina. The Lebanese saint Nimatullah Kassab lived and died in this monastery and the other Maronite saint Charbel Makhlouf spent some years there. Inside the monastery there are the tomb of Saint Nimatullah and the remains of Blessed Stefano Nehmè.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ kfifan-monastery.com Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Saint Nimatullah Hardini", Maronite Heritage
- ^ Santoro, Nicholas (2011). Mary in Our Life - Atlas of the Names and Titles of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and Their Places in Marian Devotion. iUniverse. p. 118. ISBN 9781462040223.