masculine Macarius

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Name Root:
mákar > Makários
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This name derives from the Ancient Greek “makar (μακαρ) Makários (Μακάριος),” meaning “Fortunate, supremely blessed.” Saint Macarius of Jerusalem was Bishop of Jerusalem from 312 to shortly before 335, according to Sozomen. Macarius of Egypt (300–391) was an Egyptian Christian monk and hermit. Macarius was born in Upper Egypt. A late tradition places his birthplace in the village of Shabsheer, in Al Minufiyah Governorate, Egypt around 300 AD At some point before his pursuit of asceticism, Macarius made his living smuggling niter in the vicinity of Nitria, a vocation which taught him how to survive in and travel across the wastes in that area.

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