Macarius of Egypt
Egyptian Christian monk and hermit
b. 300 · d. 391
Macarius of Egypt was an Egyptian Christian monk and grazer hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great.
Related people
- Evagrius Ponticus teacher of · traditional
- Evagrius Ponticus influenced · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Lower Egypt birth
- Scetis death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — Macarius settles in Scetis