History
A number of Maronite historians claim that the Maronites were the descendants of the Canaanites or Phoenicians, or also the Marada (ܡܪܕܐ), residents in parts of Greater Syria, who kept their identity under both Byzantine and Arab authorities. The reason for their adoption of the name is disputed and historians disagree whether it refers to Mar Maron, a 4th century Syriac Christian saint, or to John Maron, the first bishop of Lebanon.
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