Brewer's: Alexis

(St.) Patron saint of hermits and beggars. The story goes that he lived on his father's estate as a hermit till death, but was never recognised.

He is represented, in Christian art, with a pilgrim's habit and staff. Sometimes he is drawn as if extended on a mat, with a letter in his hand, dying.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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