Hasroun is a village located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate

North Governorate

North Governorate is one of the governorates of Lebanon. Its capital is Tripoli.-Districts:The North Governorate is divided into districts, or aqdya...

 of Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, overlooking the southern branch of this valley, the Qannoubine Valley.

It owes its nickname of the Rose of Mount Lebanon to its predominantly red-tiled roof houses. The population is Maronite Catholic.

Hasroun gave the Maronite Church

Maronite Church

The Syriac Maronite Church of Antioch is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See of Rome . It traces its heritage back to the community founded by Maron, a 4th-century Syriac monk venerated as a saint. The first Maronite Patriarch, John Maron, was elected in the late 7th...

 two Patriarchs, Patriarch Jacob Awad

Jacob Awad

Jacob IV Awad , was the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1705 to his death in 1733.-Life:Jacob Awad was born in Hasroun, Lebanon. He studied in Rome for thirteen years and at his return in Lebanon he served as secretary of Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy, who consecrated him bishop of Tripoli in 1698...

 (1705-1733) and Patriarch Simon Awad

Simon Awad

Simon VII Awad , 1683–1756, was the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1743 to his death in 1756.-Life:Simon Awad was born in 1683 in Hasroun, Lebanon...

 (1743-1756). From Hasroun came also the noted family of orientalist

Oriental studies

Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...

s, the Assemani, among them the famous Giuseppe Simone Assemani

Giuseppe Simone Assemani

Giuseppe Simone Assemani , 1687–1768, was a Lebanese Maronite orientalist.-Life:Giuseppe Simone Assemani was born on August 27, 1687 in Hasroun, Mount Lebanon. When very young he was sent to the Maronite College in Rome, and was transferred thence to the Vatican library. He was ordained priest on...

, author of Bibliotheca Orientalis and Ephraemi Syri opera omnia quae extant.