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His reputation attracted a loose band of anchorites, hermits and monks who settled nearby in individual cells. en.wikipedia.org

It was the site of a now vanished anchorite's cell, which would have projected from the wall. en.wikipedia.org

Sometimes, if the anchorite was walled up inside the cell, the bishop would put his seal upon the wall to stamp it with his authority. en.wikipedia.org

Thus arose the first monastic community, consisting of anchorites living each in his own little dwelling, united together under one superior. en.wikipedia.org

Further along the wall can be seen a cruciform opening which enabled the anchorite, whose cell was above the present sacristy, to see the altar. en.wikipedia.org

Then, after having been abandoned during the fourth century, it may have been put to use by newly arrived anchorites. en.wikipedia.org

Examples of the dwellings of anchorites and anchoresses survive. en.wikipedia.org

In the late 19th century the skeleton of an anchorite was discovered when a chamber was found beneath the castle's chapel. en.wikipedia.org

When her daughters died in childhood, she decided to become an anchorite after a long depression, and after receiving permission from her husband. en.wikipedia.org

When the anchorite died of illness or natural causes, the chamber had been sealed off to become his tomb. en.wikipedia.org

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