Macarius

Macarius is the name of a number of people:

• Macarius of Egypt: (300-390) Egyptian monk and hermit. Also known as Macarius the Elder or St. Macarius the Great
• Macarius of Alexandria: Also known as Macarius the Younger.
• Macarius Magnes
• Macarius of Jerusalem
• Macarius of Constantinople
• Makarios is another way of transcribing the same Greek name into our alphabet. See Makarios III for an account of the archbishop and ethnarch of Cyprus who bore that name.

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