Person
Macarius the Egyptian
about 300–390
Monk of Scetis
Tradition. A historical monk at Scetis is likely. Most anecdotes are later literature.
Macarius is remembered as an early leader of the monastic settlement at Scetis. Sayings attributed to him fill the later desert collections. Those sayings were edited over generations. A set of homilies once circulated under his name and is now usually denied to him.
Places
Councils
No council in this list names them as a participant.
Sources
No separate modern citation is attached to this biography. The confidence note is the atlas summary of the evidence.
Catalog editions
No edition in the preview catalog is linked.