Event Factoid: Many began to flock to Mare for a blessing, and they were amazed at his prayer
and dress. Mare refused to eat anything that was not produced by the
labour of his hands.
Sources:
E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints II,Patrologia Orientalis 18.4 (1924), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient18pariuoft#page/n521/mode/2up, p: 635.