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Macarius was born about the year 300 in
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164:: "Cast out this man from here, for he is not human." A divine inspiration subsequently revealed Macarius' identity to him, and the monks rushed to receive his blessings. Having demonstrated humility and taught a lesson to all, St. Macarius returned to his own monastery.
160:(+ 348), St. Macarius disguised himself in secular clothing, and over the course of the entire Quadragesima neither ate bread nor drank water. No one saw him eating or sitting down. He was making baskets of palm leaves while he was standing. The monks said to
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In addition to a monastic rule and three brief apothegms, a homily "On the End of the Souls of the
Righteous and of Sinners" is ascribed to him, although excellent Vienna manuscripts assign the latter to a monk named Alexander.
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