San Macario il Grande

PUBLICATION COUNTRY
Italy

LANGUAGE 1
Italian

GENRE 1
Religious Teaching
GENRE 2
Hagiography

DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATION
The booklet only has a front cover illustration, which is an Eastern style icon of St. Macarius.

NR OF PAGES
16

KEYWORDS
Egypt , Monasticism , Synaxarium , Saints , Hagiography

CITATION
San Macario il Grande, Saint Macarius the Great. Milan: Diocesi cristiana copta ortodossa di Milano (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Milan).

TRANSLATOR NAME 1
I Figli della Luce (youth group)

IS A TRANSLATION
Yes

FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Paperback without ISBN

PUBLISHED BY
Diocesi cristiana copta ortodossa di Milano (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Milan)

PUBLICATION CITY
Milan

CHURCH 1
Coptic Orthodox Church

CONTENT DESCRIPTION
Part of a series on the lives of the saints, this part focuses on Saint Macarius of Egypt, also known as Saint Macarius the Great. Macarius the Great is a well known early Egyptian hermit who lived in the fourth century.

GENERAL COMMENTS
It is not clear from which language the text was translated, but most probably it was from English. The date is also unknown, but the latest possible year must have been 2012, since there is a photo of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in 2012. The booklet, like other hagiographies which are part of the same series, is meant to be a complementary educational and informative material for children. For example, children learn about important saints of the Coptic Church in the Sunday schools, so reading a short booklet written in a simple language would help them solidify their knowledge about certain saints.