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Marinus
Sammarinese saint
stylite
thumb|Icon of Simeon Stylites the Elder with [[Simeon Stylites the Younger. Simeon the Elder appears to be shown at the left stepping down from his pillar in obedience to the monastic elders; the image may also reference a point in his life when, due to an ulcerous leg, he was forced to stand atop his pillar on one leg only.At right is represented Simeon Stylites the Younger (also known as "St. Simeon of the Admirable Mountain").]
Camaldolese
The Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona () are a Catholic monastic order of pontifical right for men founded by St. Romuald. Its name is derived from the Holy Hermitage () in Camaldoli, high in the mountains of Tuscany, Italy, near the city of Arezzo. Members of that community add the postnominal letters ECMC after their names. A second community, the Benedictine Camaldolese, are also based at Camaldoli and add the postnominals OSB Cam. Apart from the Catholic monasteries, ecumenical Christian hermitages with a Camaldolese spirituality have arisen as well.
Saint Pelagia
Pelagia (, d. 457), distinguished as Pelagia of Antioch, Pelagia the Penitent, and Pelagia the Harlot, was a Christian saint and hermit in the 4th or 5th century. Her feast day was celebrated on 8 October, originally in common with Saints Pelagia the Virgin and Pelagia of Tarsus. Pelagia died as a result of extreme asceticism, which had emaciated her to the point she could no longer be recognized. According to Orthodox tradition, she was buried in her cell on the Mount of Olives. Upon the discovery that the renowned monk had been a woman, the holy fathers tried to keep it a secret, but the gos
Honoratus
Honoratus (; – 6 January 429) was the founder of Lérins Abbey who later became an early Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Syncletica of Alexandria
Roman saint
Papar
The Papar (; from Latin , via Old Irish, meaning "father" or "pope") were Irish monks who took eremitic residence in parts of Iceland before that island's habitation by the Norsemen of Scandinavia. Their existence is attested by the early Icelandic sagas and recent archaeological findings.
Feodor Kuzmich
Russian saint
Isaiah of Gaza
Palestinian monk and abbot
Bessarion of Egypt
Egyptian monk
Peter the Athonite
7th century hermit of Mount Athos
Anthony the Hermit
German monk
Bogumilus
Bogumilus, in Polish Bogumił Piotr, (also known as Bogimilus and Theophilus) was Archbishop of Gniezno and a hermit.
Saint Maginus
Spanish saint
Shio of Mgvime
Georgian saint
Asella of Rome
Roman saint died in 405 or 406
David of Gareji
Georgian saint
Palladius of Antioch
4th-century Syrian Christian hermit
Abraham Kidunaia
Anatolian Roman Catholic saint
Equitius
Saint Equitius () was an abbot of the 6th century. He was born between 480 and 490 in the region of Valeria Suburbicaria (present-day L'Aquila-Rieti-Tivoli).
Vera la Taciturna
recluse who kept a vow of silence for 23 years
Abramios the Recluse
Christian hermit
Nikon the Dry
Russian saint
Florentius of Anjou