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Macarius the Great

c. 300 – c. 391 · b. Shabsheer
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Egyptian desert father, founder of the monastic settlement of Scetis. Subject of many sayings in the Apophthegmata Patrum.

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Who was Macarius the Great?
Macarius the Great (300–391) — Egyptian desert father, founder of the monastic settlement of Scetis. Subject of many sayings in the Apophthegmata Patrum.
Who did Macarius the Great teach?
Evagrius Ponticus.

Sources for biography

  • Apophthegmata Patrum (Macarius the Great) primary
  • Palladius, Historia Lausiaca 17 primary

documented connections(1)

  • taught by (incoming) Evagrius Ponticus
    Evagrius sat at the feet of Macarius the Great and Macarius the Alexandrian in the desert (Palladius, contemporary).
    Palladius, Historia Lausiaca 38

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