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  2. Desert Fathers - Wikipedia

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    The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits and ascetics, who lived primarily in the Scetes desert of the Roman province of Egypt, beginning around the third century AD. The Apophthegmata Patrum is a collection of the wisdom of some of the early desert monks and nuns , in print as Sayings of the Desert Fathers .

  3. Hermit - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Some early Christian Desert Fathers wove baskets to exchange for bread. In medieval times, hermits were also found within or near cities where they might earn a living as gate keepers or ferrymen. In the 10th century, a rule for hermits living in a monastic community was written by Grimlaicus. In the 11th century, the life of ...

  4. Chronology of early Christian monasticism - Wikipedia

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    He is considered to be the very first Christian eremitic ascetic. He lived very reclusively and was only discovered by Anthony towards the end of his life. [2] 249-51: Persecution of Christians under Emperor Decius forces many Christians to flee into the desert (including Paul the Great [2]), thus starting Egyptian Christian monasticism. [3] [4 ...

  5. Grazers (Christianity) - Wikipedia

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    Saint Paul, "The First Hermit", Jusepe de Ribera, Museo del Prado (1640) The grazers or boskoi (in Ancient Greek: βοσκοί, romanized: boskoí) are a category of hermits and anchorites, men and women, in Christianity, that developed in the first millennium of the Christian era, mainly in the Christian East, in Syria, Palestine, Pontus, Mesopotamia, and Egypt.

  6. Paul of Thebes - Wikipedia

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    Paul of Thebes (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ; Koinē Greek: Παῦλος ὁ Θηβαῖος, Paûlos ho Thēbaîos; Latin: Paulus Eremita; c. 227 – c. 341), commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit and grazer, [2] who was claimed to have lived alone in the desert of Thebes, Roman Egypt from the age ...

  7. Category:Christian hermits - Wikipedia

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    Desert Fathers (1 C, 60 P) F. Franciscan hermits (10 P) Pages in category "Christian hermits" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.

  8. Anthony the Great - Wikipedia

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    Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers, early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who lived mainly in the Scetes desert of Egypt beginning around the third century AD Abba Or of Nitria Hilarion (291–371), anchorite and saint considered by some to be the founder of Palestinian monasticism

  9. Christian monasticism before 451 - Wikipedia

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    Egypt was the motherland of Christian monasticism; [3] it came into existence there in the middle of the third century. Paul of Thebes is recognised as the first lone hermit who claimed to have lived alone in the desert for 97 years. The first monk is seen as being St. Anthony.