RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Macarius of Egypt

300 - 391

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Macarius of Egypt (c. 300 – 391) was a Christian monk and grazer hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Macarius of Egypt is the 657th most popular religious figure (down from 599th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 118th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

Macarius of Egypt is most famous for his biography of the desert fathers. He was a monk who lived in Egypt and wrote about the lives of the monks living in the desert.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Macarius of Egypt ranks 657 out of 3,187. Before him are Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, Kateri Tekakwitha, Antipope Clement VII, Philemon, Peter Lombard, and Vinko Puljić. After him are Hans Küng, Óscar Romero, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Tarcisius, John Knox, and Zebedee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Macarius of Egypt ranks 13. Before him are Pope Julius I, Volusianus, Pope Eutychian, Erasmus of Formia, Theodore of Amasea, and Vincent of Saragossa. After him are Antipope Felix II, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, Asanga, Expeditus, Narseh, and Vātsyāyana. Among people deceased in 391, Macarius of Egypt ranks 1. After him is Gogugyang of Goguryeo.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Macarius of Egypt ranks 123 out of 642. Before him are Djet (-3000), Amenhotep II (-1401), Alexander Helios (-40), Userkaf (-2600), Apollos (100), and Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1935). After him are Abbas II of Egypt (1874), Shepseskaf (-2600), Ammonius Saccas (175), Ctesibius (-284), Pope Theophilus of Alexandria (310), and Apepi (-1600).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Macarius of Egypt ranks 24. Before him are Meritaten (-1400), Maria al-Qibtiyya (600), Saint Maurice (250), Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926), Djet (-3000), and Apollos (100). After him are Pope Theophilus of Alexandria (310), Pope Peter I of Alexandria (300), Anatolius of Constantinople (301), Al-Suyuti (1445), Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (1923), and Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria (1952).

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