Dayr al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā al-Maʻmadān (Dūmā, Lebanon)

Greek Orthodox monastery located in Dūmā, in al-Batrūn governorate, in northern Lebanon, which now hosts nuns

HMML ID
457091096778
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/organization/457091096778
LC name
Dayr al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā al-Maʻmadān (Dūmā, Lebanon)
HMML name
Dayr al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā al-Maʻmadān (Dūmā, Lebanon)
HMML native script
دير القدّيس يوحنا المعمدان (دوما، لبنان)
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2022096809
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/34166059935980320031

Variants

  • Dayr Mār Yūḥannā
  • Dayr Mār Yūḥannā al-Maʻmadān
  • Dayr Yūḥannā al-Maʻmadān
  • DUMA
  • Saint John the Baptist Monastery
  • St. John the Baptist Monastery
  • دير مار يوحنا
  • دير مار يوحنا المعمدان
  • دير يوحنا المعمدان

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General notes

Description
دير للقدّيس يوحنا المعمدان = Dayr al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā al-Maʻmadān; a group of nuns live there, with monks in a monastery on the opposite hill; founding date is unknown, but possibly dates back to Roman times; may have been a Maronite monastery in 1440, but housed Orthodox monks by the Ottoman period
Citations
"Fī Dūmā...Dayr al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā al-Maʻmadān," Nourat, January 4, 2017, https://perma.cc/CKQ8-K4LJ.
Description
دير القدّيس يوحنا المعمدان = Dayr al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā al-Maʻmadān
Citations
"ʻĀʼilat al-Thālūth al-Qiddīs fī Lubnān," accessed March 23, 2022, https://holytrinityfamily.org/.
Description
دير مار يوحنا المعمدان= Dayr Mār Yūḥannā al-Maʻmadān
Citations
SPFH 00072, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed March 23, 2022, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/599903.

Preferred citation

"Dayr al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā al-Maʻmadān (Dūmā, Lebanon)." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified October 27, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/457091096778

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Date added
2022-03-23
Last edited
2023-10-27

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