Saint Macarius of Antioch
- Also known as
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Macaire of Ghent
Macaire of Antioch
Macarius of Ghent
- Memorial
- 10 April
- Profile
- Bishop of Antioch, Pisidia.
Archbishop of Constantinople.
Captured by Saracens, but escaped.
Resigned to become a pilgrim through Palestine, Epirus, Dalmatia, Bavaria, and other western areas, finally settling with the Benedictine monks of Saint Bavo in Ghent.
Miracle worker.
- Born
- at Antioch, Pisidia
- Died
- 1012 at monastery of Saint Bavo, Ghent, of the plague
- Patronage
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Ghent, Belgium
plague
- Representation
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bishop with three arrowheads
with his mitre and crozier on the ground to symbolize his resignation of the bishopric
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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