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Macarius of Egypt (ca. 300 – 391) was a Coptic Egyptian Christian monk and hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder Macarius the Great and The Lamp of the Desert.

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birth date
0300-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Monufia Governorate, Egypt, Shabsheer
death date
0391-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Egypt, Wadi El Natrun
major shrine
Egypt, Wadi El Natrun, Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great
venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Catholic Church

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