Mary of Egypt would have been an Egyptian grazer saint dwelling in Palestine during Late antiquity or the Early Middle Ages. She is highly venerated as a Desert Mother in the Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Churches. The Catholic Church commemorates her as a patron saint of penitents.
Icon of Mary of Egypt being handed a cloak by Zosimas, French, 15th century (British Library)
The Temple of Portunus, Rome, was preserved by being rededicated to Santa Maria Egiziaca in 872.
Marie of Egypt (Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois).
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.
Saint Jerome, who lived as a hermit near Bethlehem, depicted in his study being visited by two angels (Cavarozzi, early-17th century)
Church of the hermitage "Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden" in Warfhuizen, Netherlands
St. Seraphim of Sarov sharing his meal with a bear