Macarius of Alexandria
Also: Macarius the Younger, Macarius the City-man
Born perhaps between 293 and 300, probably in Alexandria, Egypt. Died probably between 393 and 395, probably in Kellia, Egypt.
Seller of sweets in Alexandria who became a monk and the priest of Kellia.
Wrote in Greek.
Places lived
- 340 to 395Kellia, Egyptpriestyears not sure, place probable
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
Filed here, not written by Macarius of Alexandria
These texts are about this person, hold what this person said, or carry this name without good reason. Each page says which.
- Stories of Macarius of Alexandria (from Palladius) about or from this personThe chapter on Macarius of Alexandria from the Lausiac History of Palladius.2,893 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not sure
- Palladius, Lausiac History 18: he was already a hundred years old near the end of his life (he died about 393-395); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macarius_of_Alexandria
- Place of birth probable
- Palladius, Lausiac History 18: called the Alexandrian; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727070
- Died probable
- Palladius, Lausiac History 18: Palladius knew him for three years from about 391
- Place of death probable
- Palladius, Lausiac History 18: priest of Kellia; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727141
- Kellia, years not sure
- Palladius, Lausiac History 18; Kellia began about 338 (Chitty, The Desert a City)
- Kellia, place probable
- Palladius, Lausiac History 18; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727141