Career
Philippe was born in Beirut on 28 April 1865 to a renowned Syriac Catholic merchant family which have recently emigrated from Aleppo. His father was given the honorary title viscount by Pope Leo XIII, which he later held. Philippe showed interest in Syriac, Arabic and French literature and authored around 57 books on these languages only 25 of them were published.
He was also known for helping victims of the First World War.
De Tarrazi was active in Lebanese Phoenicianist cultural circles and was also close to the Assyrian/Syrian nationalist Naum Faiq.
