Macarius of Alexandria (d. 406) was a monk in the Nitric desert. He was a slightly younger contemporary of Macarius of Egypt. He is also known as St. Macarius The Younger Events December 31 - Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia Roman legions in Britain mutiny against the Roman Emperor and select Marcus as new Roman Emperor. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... Macarius of Egypt (300-390) was an Egyptian Christian monk and hermit. ...

He was an extreme ascetic, and numerous miracles were ascribed to him. He presided over the 5,000 Nitric monks with the same success as had the elder Macarius in the Scetic desert. The word ascetic derives from the ancient Greek term askesis (practice, training or exercise). ... According to many religions, a miracle, derived from the old Latin word miraculum meaning something wonderful, is a striking interposition of divine intervention by God in the universe by which the operations of the ordinary course of Nature are overruled, suspended, or modified. ...

According to Eastern Orthodox tradition, he died on January 2, but he is also commemorated on the same days as Macarius of Egypt, with whom he is often confused. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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.

Palladius and Sozomen also mention a Macarius the Younger of Lower Egypt, who lived in a cell for more than twenty three years to atone for a murder which he had committed. Palladius (fl. ... Salminius Hermias Sozomen (c. ...

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