Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed";[1] confer the Latin beatus and felix. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet Makarios to the gods.[2]

In other languages the name has the following forms:

People named Macarius

References

  1. Henry Liddell; Robert Scott, eds. (1897), "μάκαρ", A Greek–English Lexicon (8th ed.), p. 915
  2. de León, Juan Luis (2008). "La muerte en Grecia y Roma". La muerte y su imaginario en la historia de las religiones. Serie Verde (2 ed.). Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto. p. 132. ISBN 9788498306927. Retrieved 15 July 2021. El epíteto makarios (bienaventurado) era aplicado antiguamente a los dioses.
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