Makarios 8 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M IX |
Dates | 844 (c.) / 845 (c.) |
PmbZ No. | 4669 |
Variant Names | Makar |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Antidios (Monastery of, Mt Olympus, Bithynia) |
Occupation | Monk |
Textual Sources | Vita Ioannicii, by Sabas the monk (BHG 935), AASSNovember II 1, pp. 332-383 (hagiography) |
Makarios 8 is referred to as "abba Makar", and was presumably a monk; he assisted Epiphanios 46 and others in attacking St Ioannikios (Ioannikios 2) in his cell above the monastery of Antidios, when Ioannikios 2 was in his ninety-second year (in c. 844/845); they tried to burn him out; the others, including Makarios 8, gave up the attack but Epiphanios 46 remained implacable: Sabas, Vita Ioannicii 51 (ἀββᾶ Μάκαρ). Possibly a monk at the monastery of Baleou, like Epiphanios 46.
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