Mariam Baouardy

Blessed Mariam of Jesus Crucified

Blessed Mariam Baouardy (5 January 1846 – 26 August 1878) was a Melkite Greek Catholic Carmelite nun. She was born on January 5, 1846 in I'billin.^[1] In April 1878 she played an important role in the identification of the Biblical Emmaus thanks to a private revelation. She died on August 26, 1878 in Bethlehem.^[2] She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 November 1983.^[2]

In I'billin a kindergarten, the Miriam Bawardi Elementary School and a junior high school are named after Mariam Baouardy.

References

1. ^ http://www.melkite.org/sa33.htm
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.ocarm.org/news/eng3004.htm#a9

• Blessed Mariam Baouardy -The Little Arab
• Blessed Mariam of Bethlehem at the site of the Carmelites of the Holy Land

See also

• Emmaus Nicopolis
• Elias Chacour

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Name	Baourdy, Mariam
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Date of birth	5 January 1846
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Date of death	26 August 1878
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