It was built for an anchorite, an extreme form of hermit. It is calculated that he lived in the early 7th century and was a hermit/anchorite. This could have been accommodation for an additional resident clergyman or anchorite. Each of the three panels portrays a different Christian anchorite saint. Eustathius of Sebaste, a prominent anchorite near Pontus, had mentored Basil. There was a chapel in Beeston with an anchorite cell attached, built before 1257. Meanwhile, he was living as an anchorite near Warwick. It is also the earliest surviving work written by an English anchorite or anchoress. He then retired for a year to live with Ultan the life of an anchorite. The name is a short version of Kyriakos (Saint Cyriacus the Anchorite. Legend has it that he was an anchorite. Xabbu with three names&colon; Martine Desroubins, Blue Dog Anchorite, and Bolivar Atasco. Hermit monks of the Anchorite following were a feature of medieval England. He spent his later years as an anchorite near Boston (Yorkshire). The Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite dates to the fourth century AD.