Macarius of Egypt

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Christian hermit Christian monk Desert Father Egyptian Christian ascetic saint

Macarius of Egypt was a 4th-century Christian monk and hermit, venerated as one of the most influential Desert Fathers and a key figure in early Christian monasticism.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saint Macarius the Great	2
Arsenius the Great	1
Macarius of Alexandria	1
Macarius the Egyptian	1
Saint Macarius of Egypt	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian hermit ⓘ Christian monk ⓘ Desert Father ⓘ Egyptian Christian ⓘ ascetic ⓘ saint ⓘ
associatedWith	Egyptian desert monasticism ⓘ Scetis monastic settlement ⓘ anchoritic life ⓘ cenobitic communities ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	4th century ⓘ
commemoratedOn	various feast days in Christian liturgical calendars ⓘ
denomination	Early Christians ⓘ surface form: Early Christian Church
historicalContext	late Roman Egypt ⓘ
honorificTitle	Macarius of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macarius the Egyptian Macarius of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Saint Macarius the Great
influenced	Christian monasticism ⓘ Eastern Christian spirituality ⓘ Western Christian spirituality ⓘ
knownFor	early Christian monasticism ⓘ founding monastic communities in the Egyptian desert ⓘ influential Desert Father ⓘ life of asceticism ⓘ spiritual guidance ⓘ
languageOfTradition	Coptic ⓘ Greek ⓘ
partOf	movement of the Desert Fathers ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Nitrian Desert ⓘ surface form: Egyptian desert Nitrian Desert ⓘ Scetis ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
roleInTradition	Desert Father ⓘ spiritual father to monks ⓘ
spiritualEmphasis	fasting ⓘ humility ⓘ inner purification ⓘ poverty ⓘ prayer ⓘ solitude ⓘ
theologicalTradition	early Christian ascetic theology ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scetes → associatedWith → Macarius of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Macarius the Great

Scetes → founder → Macarius of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Macarius of Egypt

Macarius of Egypt → honorificTitle → Macarius of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Macarius the Great

Macarius of Egypt → honorificTitle → Macarius of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macarius the Egyptian

Desert Fathers → notableMember → Macarius of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macarius of Alexandria

Desert Fathers → notableMember → Macarius of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arsenius the Great