Saint Aquilina of Byblos is the local martyr of Jbeil, a young Christian remembered as killed in the Roman period, and the church in her name is one of the old town’s own shrines rather than an imported dedication. Byblos has a global reputation for the alphabet and the port; Aquilina is the saint who makes that history personal. The church sits within the UNESCO town, near the souk and the other parishes. Dress modestly and read the visit as pilgrimage or quiet architecture. Few places connect a named local saint, a Phoenician city and a medieval street grid this directly.
