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Hermit

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One who lives the eremitical life. Through silence and solitude, in prayer and penance, the hermit or anchorite vows, although not necessarily publicly, to follow the evangelical counsels out of love for God and desire for the salvation of the world

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§920 CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

Without always professing the three evangelical counsels publicly, Hermits "devote their life to the praise of God and salvation of the world through a stricter separation from the world, the silence of solitude and assiduous prayer and penance." 460

Catechism of the Catholic Church © Libreria Editrice Vaticana