Catholic hermit saints
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September 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Giles, Hermit, Abbot & Founder of the Monastery of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
He gave away a fortune. Fled across the sea. Hid in a cave. 🌲 And the whole world still found him. Meet Saint Giles, the hermit whose only friend was a wild deer 🦌 that tradition says nourished him in… Continue reading
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June 25th – Saint of the Day: Saint William of Vercelli, Hermit & Founder of the Congregation of Monte Vergine (the Williamites)
He was a teenage nobleman who gave up everything, walked barefoot across Europe wearing iron bands as penance, got robbed and beaten on the road to Jerusalem, and somehow ended up taming a wild wolf with a single command. 🐺… Continue reading
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February 19th – Saint of the Day: Saint Conrad Confalonieri of Piacenza, Franciscan Lay Hermit
A nobleman lit a wildfire… then saved an innocent man by doing the unthinkable. 🔥😳 Saint Conrad Confalonieri had money, status, and a name people feared losing. One disaster exposed his soul, and instead of hiding, he stepped forward, confessed… Continue reading
