 On July 10, 1860 Saint Joseph of Damascus and 11,000 Antiochian Greek Orthodox and Catholic Christians were killed when Druze marauders destroyed part of the old city of Damascus.The Rûm had taken refuge in the churches and monasteries of Bab Tuma ("Saint Thomas' Gate").The Massacre was a part of the 1860 Mount Lebanon civil war, which began as a Maronite rebellion in Mount Lebanon, and culminated in the massacre in Damascus.