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INTRODUCTION

1

SAINT ANTONY

21

THE LIFE OF SAINT PAUL, THE FIRST HERMIT

83

HILARION

104

ARSENIUS

149

THE HERMITS OF ASIA

155

BASIL

162

SIMEON STYLITES

167

THE HERMITS OF EUROPE

219

ST. SEVERINUS, THE APOSTLE OF NORICUM

224

THE CELTIC HERMITS

246

ST. MALO

278

ST. COLUMBA

282

ST. GUTHLAC

300

ST. GODRIC OF FINCHALE

309

ANCHORITES, STRICTLY SO CALLED

329