755: Jezebel Biblical Figure Born: Phoenicia (Present-day Lebanon) Died: c. 843 BCE, Jezreel (Present-day Yizre’el, Israel) For most who know their Christian religious stories, Jezebel is the “bad-girl” of the Bible. She’s been called a prostitute, a murderer, and an enemy of god. Her name is so synonymous with sin (see what I did there?)…
These are the entries born in the modern country of Lebanon, or the geographical land on which Lebanon now sits. Entries: Jezebel, Biblical Queen Marina the Monk, Catholic Saint
580: Marina the Monk Female Monk (Now Saint) Lived: Fifth Century AD, Byzantine Empire (Present-day Lebanon) Also Known As: Mariam There are actually six women who fit this description and two of them are likely to have actually lived but for this specific entry we are looking at Marina the Monk of the monastery in…