The interest sparked by the presence of foreign communities in Livorno, with different origins and religions, since the last decades of the sixteenth century, has led many researchers to study these specific realities from economic and religious perspectives. Among these national communities, perhaps the most marginal is the story of the so-called "Arab nation". The presence of Syrian merchants, including Melkites and Maronites, in Livorno dates back to 1613 when Druze emir Fakhr ad-Din sought support from Grand Duke Cosimo II against the Ottomans. In 1736, a group of Maronite merchants requested the establishment of an Office of Confessor in Arabic to accommodate their worship needs, leading to the development of a distinct community with a unique identity and trajectory, as documented in historical records. Last among all Eastern Catholic Christians, they succeeded in having the chapel donated to them - which was located in a peripheral area in the south of the city destined to become residential -, erected as a parish in 1900. Welcomed by the Medici and supported by the Lorraine, they accompanied the evolution of Livorno through the Italian unification and the suppression of the Free Port, maintaining a silent yet determined presence. During this time, they obtained privileges, concessions, and benefits that allowed them to endure until 1931, the year in which the parish was suppressed and the building transferred to the Bishop's Curia. The promise of guaranteed tolerance and freedom of worship to "all merchants of any nation", declared by the Livornine Laws is thus exemplified by the long history of this group of Christians. Their presence, spanning more than three centuries, marked them as custodians of the secret of coexistence in a city like Livorno, which became renowned for its ability to embrace different cultures and ethnic groups since its foundation.