Event Factoid: After many years, Mare was fatigued due to his strenuous way of life.
He sought out one of Theodora's chamberlains, who secured the goal necessary to
buy a villa suited for a life of retreat.
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: 639.