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Kevin valued his solitude very much; overmuch, some would say. When, at the beginning of his hermit's life, a woman followed him constantly, trying to get him to marry her, he eventually solved the problem by pushing her off a cliff.
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===Kevin's isolation===
After being ordained to the priesthood, Kevin spent seven years as a [[hermit]] in the mountains surrounding Glendalough, which comes from the Gaelic words ''glen'' (meaning "valley") and ''lough'' (meaning "lake"), meaning "Valley of the Two Lakes." He lived in a small, five by seven by three foot cave, now know as St. Kevin's Bed, which was, legend holds, shown to him by an [[angel]]. His life was spent in prayer and self denial, and he lived off herbs and fish an otter that lived in the lake would bring Kevin whenever Kevin visited the lake, which he did in the winter, when he would stand up to his neck in the ice cold water to pray. During one of these sessions of prayer in the Upper Lake of Glendalough (which he preferred to the Lower Lake, because it it was much more remote and colder), he dropped his [[breviary]] into the lake. An otter appeared from the bottom of the lake with the prayer book, unstained or damaged in any way, in its mouth. Henceforth, the otter would bring fish to Kevin for food.
===Return to society===
Kevin returned to society when a farmer, named Dima, followed a cow of his who would continually wander off. The cow would come every day, when the erd herd was sent out to pasture, to St. Kevin's cave and lick his clothes and feet while he was in prayer. When the cow returned at evening, she would produced unbelievable amounts of milk. Dima, wondering greatly about this, one day resolved to follow the cow. When Dima stumbled upon Kevin's cave, and saw what was the cause of this, he fell to his knees in penitence. Kevin raised him up, and, as Dima was a pagan, taught the farmer about Christ and the [[Gospel]]. Dima eventually begged Kevin to come out of his isolation and teach his family about Christ. After a day of prayer, Kevin saw that it was God's will that he return to society to spread the Gospel. He began by teaching Dima's family, but his tutelage soon grew to dozens of families and he began to attract followers. And so, seeing the need of a central place from which to teach, Kevin decided to establish a monastery.
===Glendalough Monastery===
==External links==
*[http://www.lionden.cominfo/st.htm St. Kevin's Day]*[http://www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.coorg.uk/servkevi.htm Services for St. Kevin's Day]
*[http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/ids/medieval/glendalough/glen3.htm St. Kevin's Cross]
*[http://wwwlogismoitouaaron.stthomasirondequoitblogspot.com/SaintsAlive2009/id232.htm Saints Alive: St. Kevin]*[http:06//www.catholicbeauteous-shining-birthst-kevin-forumof.com/saints/saintk02.htm Patron Saints Index: html 'Beauteous Shining Birth'—St Kevin]*[http://www.hermitage.dublindiocese.ie/ of Glendalough Hermitage in Ireland]*[http://www.saintkevins.org/stkevin.htm St. Kevin's Parish (Catholic): Life of St. Kevin]
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/k/inp19.htm Icon of St. Kevin of Glendalough] by the hand of Nicholas Papas
*[http://www.stthomasirondequoit.com/SaintsAlive/id232.htm Saints Alive: St. Kevin] (Catholic)
*[http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintk02.htm Patron Saints Index: Kevin] (Catholic)
*[http://www.hermitage.dublindiocese.ie/ Glendalough Hermitage in Ireland] (Catholic)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070106211611/http://www.saintkevins.org/stkevin.htm ''Archive of'' Life of St. Kevin] St. Kevin's Parish (Catholic)
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