Nimatullah al-Hardini
Nimatullah al-Hardini , actually Joseph Kassab , (* 1808 in Hardin ( Batrun ), Lebanon , † December 14, 1858 in Kfifane , Lebanon) was a Maronite monk and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2004 . He was the theological teacher of another Lebanese saint, Scharbel Machluf (1828–1898).
Life
Al-Hardini came from a Christian farming family, the Kassab in Hardin. Three of the six children entered monasteries, and another older brother was ordained a priest after the marriage (which is possible in the Eastern Churches united with Rome as well as in the Orthodox Church ). Hardini's homeland is not far from the port city of Batroun in northern Lebanon , the only region in the Arab world that is still almost exclusively inhabited by Christians , whose culture is strongly influenced by the numerous Maronite monasteries and hermitages there.
Following the example of an older brother, Hardini entered a monastery in 1828 and took his monastic vows on November 14, 1830 in the Antony Monastery of Quzhaya . For his theological studies he then went to the monastery of St. Cyprianus in Kfifane. He was ordained a priest in 1833. From 1848 he worked as a teacher at the monastery schools of Kfifane and Bhersaf ( al-Mitn ). In Kfifane one of his students (from 1853 to 1855) was Scharbel Machluf. From 1845 he served his order as general assistant . Hardini died on December 14, 1858 in Kfifane, where his grave is venerated today.
Similar to Charbel Makhluf his body remained after his death uncorrupted , also in 1927 at the reburial in the context of initiating the beatification process, this integrity was confirmed. Hardini's grave also quickly became a place of Maronite popular piety, where numerous sick healings were reported. Hardini was on 7 July 1997 in Rome , a few weeks after the historic visit of Pope John Paul II. In Lebanon in May 1997, in the presence of numerous guests from Lebanon (next to Christian pilgrims and celebrities and the then Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri , a Sunni Muslim), beatified. Hardini was canonized on May 14, 2004 in Rome.
"Mar Hardini", whose image can be found in numerous corners of God , on taxi windscreens, and in churches and chapels in the Orient, belongs to Rebekka Ar Rayès ( canonized by John Paul II in 2001 ) and Scharbel Machluf , ( canonized in 1977 by Paul VI. ) To the three Lebanese saints officially canonized by Rome.
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| SURNAME | Hardini, Nimatullah al- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kassab, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Monk and saint of the Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hardin , Lebanon |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1858 |
| Place of death | Kfifane , Lebanon |