Macarius, St.
, the younger, another famous monk, a friend of the former, and a native also of Alexandria, had near 5000 monks under his direction. He was | persecuted by the Arians, and banished into an island where there was not a single Christian, but where he converted almost all the inhabitants by his preaching, and as some say, by his miracles. He died in the year 394 or 395. “The Rules of Monks,” in 30 chapters, are attributed to him, and a discourse by him on the “Death of the Just,” was published by Tollius, in his “Insignia Itinerarii Italici.” 1
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Cave, vol. I. —Saxii Onomast.
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