"The Recluse" is an
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Abramios the Recluse
Saint Abramios the Recluse (290–360) was an early Christian hermit and ascetic from Edessa.
He is the same as Abraham of Kidunaja.
Biography
Abramios was born in 290 AD in Edessa (modern-day Şanlıurfa, Turkey). On the day of his wedding ...
(290–360), Christian hermit and ascetic from Edessa
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Herman the Recluse, according to legend, a 13th-century Benedictine monk who wrote the ''Codex Gigas'', also known as the ''Devil's Bible''
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Theophan the Recluse
Theophan the Recluse, also known as Theophan Zatvornik or Theophanes the Recluse (Russian: Святитель Феофан Затворник Вышенский, епископ Тамбовский; January 10, 1815 – January 6, 1894), is a well ...
(1815–1894), Russian Orthodox saint, bishop and monk
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Zachariah the Recluse
Venerable Zachariah the Recluse of Egypt was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived during the 4th century in Scetis, Lower Egypt. He is the patron saint of society's outcasts. He served the homeless and poor, and is remembered as a monastic father ...
, 4th-century Egyptian Christian monk and ascetic
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