Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints (1902)
D'Anvers, N., d. 1933 · London : G. Bell & sons · leaf 46
above his oratory, intoken of his having withdrawn to a remote district to communealone with God. He is said to have been a herdsman who lefthis flocks to take care of themselves, and retired with a fewcompanions to the desert of Scet6 when he was about twentyyears old. There he grew in holiness,… … ^ ^ ^ O <ln a S 8w I o S >^ ST. MACARIUS THE ELDER 19 hastening along as if he were running in the Bacchanalianfestival, called out to him, Where are you running to, demon ?a question which so enraged the priest that he beat the inquirernearly to death with a heavy stick. This incident…
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