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• Hermit — A hermit (from the Greek anachōreō , signifying to withdraw , to depart into the country outside the circumvallated city ), recluse and solitary . However, it is important to retain a clear distinction between the vocation of hermits and that of… …   Wikipedia

• Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt     Egypt     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• hermit — hermitic, hermitical, hermitish, adj. hermitically, adv. hermitlike, adj. hermitry, hermitship, n. /herr mit/, n. 1. a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion. 2. any person living in seclusion; recluse. 3.… …   Universalium

• Hermit — It is derived from the Greek word eremia, which means desert. A monk who had loved to live in solitude with God. Christian hermits first began to abide in Egypt and surrounding regions towards the close of the 3rd century, and from that date the… …   Dictionary of church terms

• Elias the Hermit — Venerable Elias the Hermit was a desert dwelling monk of the fourth century AD. He led the ascetic life for nearly eighty years in a mountain cave of Egypt. He is recorded to have lived 110 years.Venerable Elias the Hermit, of Egypt is… …   Wikipedia

• Macarius of Egypt — For other persons named Macarius, see Macarius. Saint Macarius of Egypt An icon of Saint Macarius of Egypt Born ca. 300 Shabsheer (Shanshour), Al Minufiyah Governorate, Egypt Died 391 Scet …   Wikipedia

• Anthony of Egypt, Saint — born 251, Koma, near al Minyā, Heptanomis, Egypt died Jan. 17?, 356, Dayr Mārī Antonios hermitage, near the Red Sea; feast day January 17 Egyptian hermit considered the founder of organized Christian monasticism. He began his practice of… …   Universalium

• Mary of Egypt — 18th Century Russian icon of St. Mary of Egypt Venerable Born ca. 344 Egypt Died ca. 421 …   Wikipedia

• Anthony the Hermit — Born in Italy in the late 5th century, Anthony (also known as Antony of Lerins) was raised from the age of eight by his relative St. Severinus.Upon the death of Severinus Anthony was sent to Germany and put in the care if his uncle, German bishop …   Wikipedia

• John of Egypt — Saint John of Egypt (? 394) was one of the hermits of the Nitrean desert. He began as a carpenter and left to solitude after receiving a divine call. According to hagiographer Alban Butler, John was noted for performing seemingly absurd acts at… …   Wikipedia

• Mary of Egypt, Saint — • Biographical article on the penitent and hermit, who died around 421 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia