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Macarius - ܡܩܪܝܣ

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In hagiography: Māqārīs (Macarius) the Elder was an ascetic who came into the Syriac tradition via ʿEnanishoʿ's Syriac translation of the Paradise of the Fathers [http://syriaca.org/work/403] by Palladius.

Names

  • ܡܩܪܝܣ6
  • Macarius
  • ܡܩܪܝܣ ܐܚܪܢܐ3, 4
  • ܡܲܩܵܪܝܼܣ ܐܚܪܹܢܵܐ3
  • مقاريوس المصري2
  • Abba Macarius5
  • ANBA MACAIRE7
  • Anba Macarius
  • Macaire6
  • Macaire l’Égyptien6
  • Macarius the Egyptian
  • Māqārīs6
  • Māqārīs6
  • Macarius
  • Macarius the Great and Egyptian1
  • Makarios9

Death

390

Sex

male7

Notes

In hagiography: Māqārīs (Macarius) the Elder was an ascetic who came into the Syriac tradition via ʿEnanishoʿ's Syriac translation of the Paradise of the Fathers [http://syriaca.org/work/403] by Palladius.The identity of the multiple ascetic authors and saints named Macarius has been a source of confusion, both in the medieval Syriac traditions and in present scholarship.10
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    • 1 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 137. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 122. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 3 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ, ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ, ܐܲܨܲܚܬܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ̣ܵܐ2nd ed. (Mosul: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐMṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), p: 68. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 4 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: IIIp: 47, vol: IIIp: 47.
    • 5 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Abba Macarius