| Three months after his full ordination, he took the unusual step of going into a mountain hermitage on Mt. Hiei for an extended solitary retreat. |
| In 1424 Jobard was still tenant, at the same rent, of what was described as a hermitage or chapel with garden. |
| Located next to the train station, this hermitage dated back to XVIth century which is the same date that is given to the fresco on the inside. |
| On returning to Assisi, St. Francis now sought refuge at San Damiano, a quiet hermitage just below Assisi's walls. |
| After seven years, he retires to a hermitage, and when he dies the grail, lance and dish go with him. |
| I am no otherworldly saint who leads a beautiful life of self-sacrifice and prayer in a secluded hermitage. |
