Saint
Macarius
A saint, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
- Feast
- December 8old style December 21
- Era
- 3rd century
Life
Holy Martyr Macarius was a Christian of Alexandria, of Libyan origin, put to death in the persecution of Decius, in the year 250.
Everything known about him is in the letter of Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria to Fabius of Antioch, from which Eusebius of Caesarea preserved extracts in his Ecclesiastical History. Macarius was arrested together with two Alexandrians, Julian and Eunus. After a long interrogation before the Roman judge, he would not renounce the faith and was burned alive.
He is venerated as a martyr in the Orthodox, the Catholic and the Coptic Church, and his commemoration is kept on 8 December.
Commemorated the same day December 8
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