Macarius of Alexandria
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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
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.
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.
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.
This article includes content derived from the public domain Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, 1914.