How I became a
Before 2003 I thought that hermits were extinct – as dead as a Dodo.
I had heard of some of the medieval hermit saints, but in the 21st century,
in Britain, surely not.
medieval-style anchorite
The author, a hermit, explains how she was transformed in her mid-50s
from a professional woman into a 'prisoner of the Lord'
from a professional woman into a 'prisoner of the Lord'
By Anonymous on Wednesday, 29 February 2012
An anchorite's cell at Fore Abbey, County Westmeath, Ireland
I had heard of some of the medieval hermit saints, but in the 21st century,
in Britain, surely not.