Blessed Macarius the Scot

Also known as

• Macarius of the Scots Monastery
• Macarius of Würzburg

Memorial

• 6 January

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Benedictine monk. Prior of the Scots Monastery Saint Jacob in Regensburg, Germany c.1138. First abbot of the Scots Monastery Saint Jakob in Würzburg, Germany, c.1139, and helped found a hospital there to serve pilgrims. Known for his good works, his simple ascetic life, and as a miracle worker.

Born

• Ireland

Died

• 1153 at Würzburg, Germany of natural causes
• tomb re-discovered in 1614
• relics re-interred at the altar of the monastery church in 1615
• the monastery was secularized in 1803, and in 1823 his relics were enshrined in the Lady Chapel at the market square of Würzburg
• chapel destroyed in 1945 during World War II

Beatified

• 1734 by Pope Clement XII

Patronage

• against fever

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiilgen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Macarius the Scot“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 January 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>