List of Christians in the Holy Land - documentacatholicaomnia.eu

Kennedy John. Born in 1917. On Jan 20, 1961 he was sworn in as the first Catholic to be elected president of the U.S.
On November 22, 1963 President John Kennedy was shot by a sniper in the streets of Dallas. - The Kennedy Memorial
on top of a hill in Jerusalem is designed in the symbolic shape of a tree stump. The monument recalls the death of
President John Kennedy and of his younger brother Senator Robert Kennedy.
Kennedy Robert, Senator. He visited the Holy Land, together with his wife, in 1968. Some weeks later he was killed on
June 5, 1968 in Los Angeles. The murderer, Sirhan Sirhan, was an Arab who had lived in Taybeh, the Biblical
Ephraim.
Kenyon Kathleen, Miss. English. She excavated in Samaria from 1931 to 1935. She excavated at Jericho from 1952-58.
She explored the Ophel-hill in Jerusalem between 1961 and 1967. She was for 15 years director of the British School of
Archaeology in Jerusalem.
Kerkhofs Louis Joseph, 88th bishop of Liège (Belgium). Born at Valmeer in 1878 - died Dec 31, 1962. He visited the
Holy Land, together with Naveau L. He wrote on July 27, 1948 an episcopal letter on the situation in the Holy Land, he
organised an 'oecuménisme de charité (ecumenism of charity)'. He became honour-citizen of Nazareth.
Kerykos. A Greek inscription on the lintel above the entrance of a Byzantine edifice survives at Migdal-Tsedek.
'Martyrion of Saint Kerykos'. According to Christian tradition, Kerykos is a boy martyr, who together with his mother
was put to death by the Romans in the 4th century. Migdal-Tsedek (Migdal Aphek, Mejdal Yaba) is on the railway
Lod-Haifa.
Khadoori Eli, Sir, of Hongkong. He donated during the British Mandate (1917-1948) funds to the Agricultural College
of Anabta near Tulkarm.
Khoury Joseph. This Arab gentleman received the Croix de Commandeur 'Pro Merito Melitensi' (Order of Malta) in
1977 for his help to the proposed Bethlehem University Boys' Residence. The ground-breaking ceremony for this
residence took place on May 5, 1977 on the site of Tantur.
Kibûs, dêr mâr kibûs, convent of the Holy Kibus (Procopius). Such was the name of a convent on the Mount of Evil
Counsel, at the time of the Crusaders. (Williarn of Tyre, VIII, 4. 1 Röhricht, Regesta S. 143, 147).
King Martin Luther. He was murdered in the United States of America. A J(ewish) N(ational) F(und)-forest is named
after him near Kafr Cana in Galilee. - He was eager to come on pilgrimage to the Holy Land with 5000 pilgrims. But he
was killed in 1968.
King Alphonsus X, the Wise, of Spain (1221-1284). He legated by testament that his heart should be buried at
Jerusalem.
Kirubel, archangel. See Afnin.
Kish, the father of King Saul. The tomb of Kish is at Zela (Khirbet Salah) a city of Benjamin, 2,5 Kms northwest of
Jerusalem. (2 Sam 21) In the tomb of Kish, David afterwards buried Saul, and his son Jonathan, and the two sons of
Rizpah, and the five sons of Merab.
Kitchener, Lord. He was born in 1850. He was sent by England to Palestine to make a geographical survey of that
country. He tried in 1885 to save General Gordon from the beleaguered Khartoum in Sudan. Kitchener died in 1916,
when the cruiser 'Hampshire' was touched by a mine.
Kjaer W, Danish. He was the director of the excavations at Shiloh in 1926-1929.
KIéber. This French general of Napoléon began the battle against the Mameluks on April 2, 1799 at Cana, and gained
the victory on April 8. (Compare: Junot) KIéber was rescued by Napoléon in the battle of Afuleh, southwest to Mount
Tabor on April 16, 1799. (Battle of Mount Tabor).
Knight of Heppeneert with the playcards. He was the son of Count Wolfram of Heppeneert and of his Bessarabian,
wife Odilia. She had converted from the Midas-religion to the Christian faith. Count Wolfram of Heppeneert had found
this bride during the crusade.