¶Biography Macarius Aegypticus (b. ca. 300/00/00 / d. ca. 390/00/00)
¶Variants Macaris den Egyptenaer
* Feast day January 15. Monk and ascetic who, as one of the Desert Fathers, advanced the ideal of monasticism in Egypt and influenced its development throughout Christendom. A written tradition of mystical theology under his name is considered a classic of
its kind.
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