Gabriel II of Blaouza was the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1704 to his death in 1705.

Life

Gabriel of Blaouza was born in Blaouza

Blaouza

Blaouza , is a Maronite Christian village in the Bsharri District of the North Governorate of Lebanon. The population is approximately 3,000, and the village lies at an altitude of 1,320 metres above sea level.-The Village and its History:...

, Lebanon

Lebanon

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 in about 1625, son of an archdeacon

Archdeacon

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. He entered young in the monastery of St. Anthony of Qozhaya in the Kadisha Valley

Kadisha Valley

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Gabriel of Blaouza was appointed and consecrated Maronite bishop of Aleppo

Aleppo

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 by Patriarch George Rizqallah Beseb'ely

George Rizqallah Beseb'ely

George II Rizqallah Beseb'ely , was the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1657 to his death in 1670.-Life:...

 in 1663. He left his monastery and went to Aleppo, and served here as bishop for forty-one years till his election to Patriarch. During his service in Aleppo he many time supported and helped Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy

Estephan El Douaihy

Patriarch Estephan II Boutros El Douaihy was born in Ehden, Lebanon on August 2, 1630. He was the Patriarch of the Maronite Church from 1670 to 1704...

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Gabriel of Blaouza, after a previous attempt failed because of the opposition of the Druzes, succeed to found a religious order

Religious order

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, the Antonin Maronite Order

Antonin Maronite Order

The Antonin Maronite Order is a monastic order among the Levantine Catholic Maronite Church, which from the beginning has been specifically a monastic Church...

, characterized by a centralized organization with its proper hierarchy. The first Mass

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 was celebrated in the newly erected church at Monastery of Mar Chaya on August 15, 1700.

Afert the death of Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy, Gabriel of Blaouza was elected Patriarch on May 12, 1704, and his election was confirmed by Pope Clement XI

Pope Clement XI

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on April 27, 1705. Gabriel of Blaouza died shortly later, on October 31, 1705.