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Who practiced the monastic life as a hermit?

Antony of Coma
Athanasius
Pachomius
Licinius
Benedict of Nursia

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Antony (Anthony the Great) and Benedict of Nursia.

- Antony is the archetypal desert hermit (eremitic monasticism).
- Benedict lived as a hermit at Subiaco before founding his communal rule.