Tommas Saleh

Thomas Saleh (3 May 1879 – 28 February 1917), born Jirays H̱anā S̱āleẖ, religious name Thūmā from B'abdāt, was a Lebanese Maronite priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Saleh joined the Franciscans in Istanbul and carried out his novitiate period there before he made his profession in mid-1900 and was ordained to the priesthood in late 1904. He tended to the missions and worked with his peer Leonard Melki; he dedicated himself to the mission school and was a noted preacher. He was transferred in 1910 but expelled in late 1914 once World War I and the Assyrian Genocide[commenced.

The beatification process for Saleh commenced in 2005 in Beirut and he became titled as a Servant of God upon its initiation.

Pope Francis signed a decree on 27 October 2020 that determined that Saleh died ex aerumnis carceris ("from the hardships of incarceration") and could be beatified. The beatification took place on 4 June 2022 at the Couvent de la Croix in Bqennaya with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro presiding over the rite on the pope's behalf.

The postulator for the cause is the Capuchin friar Carlo Calloni.