Romuald
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Romuald was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism". Romuald spent about 30 years traversing Italy, founding and reformin
Portrait by Fra Angelico
San Romualdo, from the San Marco altarpiece by Fra Angelico (Minneapolis Institute of Arts)
In San Romualdo, painted for the Church of San Romualdo, Ravenna, by Guercino, 1641, an angel uses the abbot's baton to chastise an errant figure (Pinacoteca Comunale, Ravenna).
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.
Romuald
…c. 951 – traditionally 19 June, c. 1025/27 AD) was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism". Romuald spent about 30 years traversing Italy, founding and reforming monasteries and hermitages. According to the vita by Peter Damian…
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