Saint Paul The First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite is regarded as the first Christian hermit. Paul lived alone in the desert from the age of sixteen to one hundred thirteen years of his age

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St.Paul the Hermit in Meditation - by Jusepe de Ribera, 1610 1611

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Saint Paul The First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite is regarded as the first Christian hermit. Paul lived alone in the desert from the age of sixteen to one hundred thirteen years of his age

Daderot [Public domain]

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