Monastics & Hermits

268 lives of faith. Showing 49–60.

Artistic interpretation of St. Théodore Guérin

Monastic / Hermit · October 3

St. Théodore Guérin

Théodore Guérin was a French-American Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, based in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

France

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Artistic interpretation of St. Hilarion

Monastic / Hermit · October 21

St. Hilarion

Hilarion , also known by the bynames of Thavata, of Gaza and, in the Orthodox Church, as the Great, was a Christian anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great .

Palestine

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Artistic interpretation of St. Columbanus

Monastic / Hermit · 23 November

St. Columbanus

Columbanus was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy.

Ireland

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Artistic interpretation of St. Charles de Foucauld

Martyr · 1 December

St. Charles de Foucauld

Charles de Foucauld, born as Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand , in religion Charles of Jesus, was a French monk, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Algeria.

France

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Artistic interpretation of St. Sabbas the Sanctified

Priest / Deacon · December 5

St. Sabbas the Sanctified

Sabas , in Church parlance Saint Sabas or Sabbas the Sanctified , was a Cappadocian Greek monk, priest, grazer and saint, who was born in Cappadocia and lived mainly in Palaestina Prima.

Turkey

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