Chapter 1
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You show how strong in you is the love of solitary places, since the strongest human love must yield to it. What shall I call that love of the desert if not the love of God in you?
— Eucherius of Lyon
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Eucherius of Lyon" (Quotes, De laude eremi: Vivian, Tim; Vivian, Kim; Russell, Jeffrey Burton (1999), The life of the Jura fathers: the life and rule of the holy fathers Romanus, Lupicinus, and Eugendus, abbots of the monasteries in the Jura Mountains, pages: 197-215, place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, publisher: Cistercian Publications
Quotes from De laude eremi ("In Praise of the Desert"), which has 44 chapters or sections:)
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About Eucherius of Lyon
Saint Eucherius of Lyon (c. 380 – c. 449) was the archbishop of Lyon. He was a high-born and high-ranking ecclesiastic in the Christian Church of Gaul.
About Eucherius of Lyon
Saint Eucherius of Lyon (c. 380 – c. 449) was the archbishop of Lyon. He was a high-born and high-ranking ecclesiastic in the Christian Church of Gaul.
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