ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 3rd of April
EVAGRIUS, PRIEST
Evagrius is said to have been a disciple of both of the two Saints called Macarius**. Some sources, however, assert that Evagrius was an Origenist, i.e. that he had been a follower of the false teachings of Origen. (I. 235)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 145)
** Saint Macarius and Saint Macarius
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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