Camaldolese
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The term Camaldolese, in the context of Catholic institutes of consecrated life of pontifical right, refers to institutes tracing their origin to the Holy Hermitage founded by St. Romuald in Camaldoli
Camaldolese Priory of Bielany in Kraków, Poland
St. Romuald
Former Camaldolese monastery in Červený Kláštor in Slovakia
Former Camaldolese hermitage in Wigry, Poland
Hermit
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A hermit, also known as an eremite or solitary, is a person who lives in seclusion. Eremitism plays a role in a variety of religions.
Camaldolese
…The Camaldolese were established through the efforts of the Italian monk Saint Romuald (c. 950-1025/27). His reform sought to renew and integrate the eremitical tradition of monastic life with that of the cenobium. In his youth, Romuald became acquainted with the three major schools of Western monastic tradition…
Saint Jerome, who lived as a hermit near Bethlehem, depicted in his study being visited by two angels (by Cavarozzi, early 17th century)
Eremitic cave in Spain
Church of the hermitage Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden in Warfhuizen, Netherlands
St. Seraphim of Sarov sharing his meal with a bear