Macarius of Egypt (Pseudo-Macarius)
Also: Pseudo-Macarius, Macarius-Symeon, Macarius the Great
Born: the year and the place are not known. Died: the year and the place are not known.
The Fifty Spiritual Homilies carry the name of Macarius, a desert monk of Egypt. Scholars think the real author was an unknown monk in Syria or Mesopotamia late in the fourth century.
Wrote in Greek. A major author.
Tradition gives the homilies to Macarius of Egypt (about 300 to 391), a monk of Scetis. This file does not put the author there, because scholars do not accept that he wrote them.
Places lived
No place is known. The page shows no place from guesswork.
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
- Fifty Spiritual HomiliesFifty talks on prayer, the heart and the work of the Holy Spirit.110,191 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not known
- The author is not known. See Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd ed. rev. (2005), 'Macarius, St, of Egypt' and 'Macarius/Simeon'.
- Place of birth not known
- The author is not known. The homilies point to Syria or Mesopotamia; no town is known.
- Died not known
- The author is not known. The homilies are dated about 380 to 430.
- Place of death not known
- The author is not known.